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HISTORICAL    SKETCH 


TENTH  REGIMENT, 


SO.  CA.  VOLUNTEERS, 


ARMY  OF  THE  CONFEDERATE  STATES, 


C.   I  IWALKER, 

LATE  LIEUT.-COL.  OF  THE  REGT. 


CHARLESTON,  S.  C.: 
WALKER,  EVANS  &  COGSWELL,  PRINTERS, 

Nos.  3  Broaci  and  109  East  Bay  Streets. 

1881. 


BATTLE  FLAG 


THE  10xH   REG'T,  S.  C.  VOLS.,  C.  S.  ARMY. 


This  flag  was  preserved  as  follows  :  At  Bentonsville,  Color  Sergeant  Meyers  and  a  part  of  the 
Regiment  were  cut  off  in  the  rear  of  the  enemy's  line.  The  Staff  was  thrown  away,  and  the 
Flag  concealed  by  Sergeant  Meyers  on  his  person  The  party  escaped,  and  saved  the  Flag. 
The  Flag  of  the  loth  Regiment  was  used  as  the  Colors  of  the  loth  and  I9th  Regiments  consoli 
dated— and  was  surrendered.  Captain  Harllee  preserved  this  Flag,  and  presented  it  to  Colonel 
Walker,  after  the  surrender  of  the  Army. 

Feeling  that  so  priceless  a  relict  was  not  safe  in  private  hands.  Col  Walker,  June  izth,  1875, 
with  the  consent  of  all  the  Company  Commanders,  placed  it  in  the  keeping  of  the  Carolina  Rifle 
Club,  of  Charleston,  of  which  he  was  then  the  Commander. 

It  is  now  carefully  treasured  by  the  Carolina  Rifle  Battalion. 


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PREFACE. 


The  writer,  who,  for  four  eventful  year?,  shared  the  daily  life  of 
the  gallant  10th  Regiment,  S.  C.  Vols.,  in  the  array  of  the  Con 
federate  States,  presents  this  brief  Sketch  of  the  Regiment,  to  his 
old  comrades,  as  a  labor  of  love. 

It  has  been  years  in  preparation,  not  that  the  writer  has 
bestowed  as  much  work  upon  it  as  it  deserves,  but,  because  it  has 
been  the  work  of  the  few  idle  hours  of  a  very  busy  life. 

Xo  pretension  is  made  to  any  literary  style,  and  for  its  short 
comings  io  this  respect,  he  knows  his  old  comrades  will  pardon 
him. 

It  has  been  rather  his  aim  to  present  facts  boldly,  and  what  he 
believes  to  be  absolute  truth.  He  has  endeavored  to  restrict  him 
self  closely  to  the  history  of  the  Regiment,  and  abstain  from  stating 
anything  relating  to  other  commands  or  the  army  at  large,  except 
where  necessary  to  elucidate  the  text. 

The  material  for  the  ''sketch"  was  roughly  gathered  by  the 
writer  immediately  on  his  return  home  after  the  war,  while  the 
events  were  fresh  in  his  memory.  This  was  carefully  compared 
with  a  similar  work  prepared  by  our  esteemed  commander,  General 
A.  M.  Manigault,  and  with  a  private  correspondence  of  the  writer 
narrating  the  events  as  they  occurred,  to  the  lady  who  is  now  hi* 
wife. 

From  these  sources — 1st,  the  writer's  recollection;  2d,  the  recol 
lections  of  General  Manigault";  3d,  the  impressions  which  the 
events  made  at  the  time,  as  given  in  the  correspondence — this 
sketch  was  compiled,  and  the  writer  feels  that  it  is  at  least  a  faith 
ful  record  of  the  history  of  the  Regiment,  as  it  impressed  him 
and  those  around  him. 

The  manuscript  was  submitted  to  several  members  of  the  Regi 
ment  who  were  accessible,  and  all  endorsed  its  truth  to  history. 


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The  writer  acknowledges  with  great  pleasure  the  obligations  to 
his  old  comrades  who  assisted  in  the  preparation  of  the  rolls,  and 
to  his  old  friend,  General  A.  M.  Manigault,  for  the  use  oi  his 
valuable  manuscript  To  this  last  source  he  is  largely  indebted 
for  the  account  of  those  events  which  transpired  during  his 
temporary  absences  from  the  Regiment. 

It  has  been  impossible,  in  the  scope  of  the  work  propose^,  to 
bestow  any  words  of  well  merited  praise,  or  pay  any  tribute  to  the 
brave  men  who  gave  or  who  risked  their  lives  in  the  great  came  of 
Confederate  Independence.  Other  and  abler  hands  must  do  this. 
The  writer  is  a  "  business  man,"  with  the  cares  of  large  inte  -esta 
bearing  heavily  upon  him.  He  is  glad  that  he  has  had  sufficient 
time,  even  in  this  crude  way,  to  place  on  record  the  history  of  a 
noble  Regiment ;  and  he  trusts  to  the  lenient  judgment  of  his  com 
rades,  who  gave  him  so  many  proofr  of  their  confidence,  to  receive 
this — not  as  an  effort  to  write  a  book,  but  as  an  evidence  oi  his 
great  love  for  them 

The  information  for  the  Rolls,  was  derived  from  the  survivors 
of  the  Companies.  Through  the  kindness  of  Capt.  W-  J.  M.  Lee, 
a  Roll  of  the  Regiment,  as  it  stood  in  November,  1861,  was  used  as  a 
basis  This  was  set  in  type  and  proofs  of  the  various  Company  rolls 
sent  to  the  survivors  most  apt  to  be  posted  on  the  history  of  the 
Company — generally  its  last  commander.  These  proofs  were  cor 
rected  and  sent  out  again  and  again,  until  all  apparent  errors  were 
corrected.  And  while  the  author  is  sure  that  the  absolute  correc 
tions  has  not  been  reached,  yet  he  feels  that  there  are  compara 
tively  few  errors.  From  those  affected  by  any  such,  he  asks  a  kind 
forbearance  and  begs  that  they  will  feel  that  he  has  done  all 
possible  to  prevent  them. 

For  those  who  stood  with  me  around  the  battle-scarred  flag  of 
the  Old  Tenth,  I  always  have  and  always  will  feel  the  warmest 
affection.  For  their  kindness  to  me  through  all  those  long  years 
of  trial,  they  have  my  warmest  thanks. 

I  trust  that  I  may  ever  live  in  their  esteem.  My  love  for  them  is 
great.  Their  noble  deeds  have  endeared  them  to  me.  and  it  is  with 
pardonable  pride  that  I  transcribe  myself,  their  old  friend  and 
their  last  commander, 

C.  I.  WALKER. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

ROLLS.— FIELD  AND  STAFF 9 

Company  A 12 

Company  B 17 

Company   C : 22 

Company  D 26 

Company  E 30 

Company  F 35 

Company  G 39 

Company  H 43 

Company  I 48 

Company  K 52 

Company  L 57 

Company  M 62 

HISTORICAL  SKETCH.— 

CHAPTER  I.— ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  REGIMENT. — Camp 

Marion.     South  Island.     Charleston 69 

"HAPTER  II.— ACTIVE   SERVICE  COMMENCES.— Corinth. 

Farmington      Evacuation  of  Corinth 78 

'HAPTER  III.— KENTUCKY    CAMPAIGN. —  Chattanooga. 

March  into  Kentucky.     Muintbrdsville.     Retreat 82 

CHAPTER  IV. — MURFREESBORO'  CAMPAIGN. — Tullahoma. 

Christmas,  1862.    Picket  Fight.    Battle.    Shelbyville. 

Consolidation  of  Regiment 87 

CHAPTER  V  — CHICKAMAUGA  CAMPAIGN.— Battle.     1st 

Day.     2d  Day.     Victory.     Advance  to  Chattanooga. 

Missionary    Ridge-       Winter    Quarters    at    Dalton. 

Relieved  from  Consolidation 97 


CHAPTER  VI.— GEORGIA  CAMPAIGN.— Resaca.  New 
Hope  Church.  Marietta.  Atlanta.  Battle  22d  July. 
Battle  28th  July.  Jonesboro'.  Atlanta  Evacuated. 
Truce 109 

CHAPTER  VII.  —  TENNESSEE  CAMPAIGN.  —  Advance. 
North  Alabama.  Florence.  Spring  Hill.  Franklin. 
Nashville.  Retreat.  Tupelo 120 

CHAPTER  VIII.— FINAL  CAMPAIGN.- Back  to  South 
Carolina.  Columbia.  Johnston.  Bragg.  Kingston. 
Bentonsviile.  Consolidation.  Greensboro'.  Sur 
render.  War  Closes ...130 


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Field  and  Staff. 


COLONELS. 

A.  M.  MANIGAULT.    Promoted  Brigadier-General. 

Wounded,  battle  of  Franklin. 
JAMES  F.  PRESSLEY.     Wounded    and    disabled. 

Atlanta,  July  22d. 

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. 

J.  F.  PRESSLEY.     Promoted  Colonel. 
JULIUS  PORCHER.    Killed,  Missionary  Ridge. 
C.  IRVINE   WALKER.     Wounded,  Atlanta,  July 
28th,  and  Kinston,  N.  C. 

MAJORS. 

A.  J.  SHAW.     Not  re-elected  reorganization,  1862. 
JULIUS  PORCHER.   Promoted  Lieutenant-Colonel. 

ADJUTANTS. 

apt.  C.   I.    WALKER.      Promoted  A.    A.  G.,  and 
afterwards  appointed  Lieut. -Col. 
Lieut.  LOUIS  R.  STARK.    Wounded,  bat.  Franklin. 

QUARTERMASTERS. 

apt.  B.  H.  WILSON.     Resigned,  ill  health. 
Capt.  J.  STONEY  PORCHER.    Prom.  Brigade  Q.  M. 

COMMISSARIES. 

Capt.  T.  N.  BRITTON.     Resigned,  ill  health. 

Capt.  S.  E.  LUCAS.     Promoted  Brigade  Commissary. 


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SURGEONS. 

P.  P.  BONNEAU.     Resigned,  ill  health. 
T.  P.  BAILEY. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS. 

J.   P.  CAIN.     Resigned.     Afterwards  Vol.  A.  E.   C. 

Gen.  Manigault. 
C.  H.  TIBEAUX. 
J.  W.  GRAHAM. 

ENSIGN. 

Lieut.  LEGRAND  SHAW.     Wounded,  battle  Atlan 
ta,  July  28th,  and  disabled. 

CHAPLAINS. 

W.  T.  CAPERS.     Resigned,  ill  health. 
J.  S.  RICHARDS. 

SERGEANT-MAJORS. 

W.  E.  HUGER.     Promoted  A.  D.  C.  Gen.  Manigault. 

Wounded,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 
ALEXIS  McNULTY. 

QUARTERMASTER-SERGEANTS. 

G.  F.  B.  LEIGHTON.     Discharged.     Over  age. 
GEO.  R.  CONGDON. 

COMMISSARY-SERGEANTS. 

R.  E.  KIMBALL.     Promoted  Lieutenant  Co.  D. 
H.  KAMINSKI. 

HOSPITAL  STEWARD. 

W.  S.  NURSE.     Detached. 


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COLOR  SERGEANT. 

H.  SHAW.     Promoted  Lieutenant  Co.  M. 

ORDNANCE  SERGEANTS. 

J.  H.  JOHNSON.     Promoted  Lieut,  and  Brigade  Ord. 

.  Officer. 

O.  J.  BUTTS.     Transferred  to  Government  Armory. 
J.  \V.  TARBOX. 

ARMORERS. 

C.  W.  M  ALLOY. 
W.  J.  BAILEY. 

ORDERLIES. 

S.  J.  NESMITH.     Detached,  Brigade  Hd.-Qrs. 

C.  R.  ANDERSON.    Discharged.     Under  age. 

D.  A.  WILLIAMS.      Returned  to  Co. 

E.  J.  WIGGINS.     Returned  to  Co. 
S.  S.  BRITTON. 


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CAPTAINS. 


PLOVVDEN  C.  J.  WESTON,  elected  Lt.-Gov.  So  Ca. 
C.  C.  WHITE,   wounded   at  Atlanta,   and  disabled. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 


A.   J.   SHAW,   promoted    Major,    1861. 

S.   W.   ROUQUIE,   resigned,    1862. 

C.  C.  WHITE,  prom.  Capt.  for  distinguished  gallantry. 

O.  P.  RICHARDSON,  mort  wd.  Atlanta,  July  22,  '64. 


SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 


C.   C.   WHITE,  promoted   First  Lieutenant. 
O.  P.  RICHARDSON,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
J.  P.  RICHARDSON,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  2-Sth. 
J,  L.  EASTERLIN,  wd.  Atlanta,  July  28;    disabled. 


FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

C.  C.   WHITE,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant,  1862. 
J.  P.  RICHARDSON,  promoted  Second   Lieutenant. 
J.  F.  LEREBOUR,  killed  at  Atlanta,  July  22d,  1864. 
F.  R.  HASELDEN. 

SERGEANTS. 

J.  F.  LEREBOUR,  promoted  1st  Sergeant. 

F.  R.  HASELDEN,  promoted  1st  Sergeant,  1864. 

W.  S.   PORTER,  transferred  to  Signal  Corps. 

R.  C.  WALLACE,  discharged,  1862. 

E.  EMANUEL,  died,  Oxford,   Miss.,    1862. 


CORPORALS. 

E.  EMANUEL,  promoted  Sergeant. 

E.  W.  HASELDEN. 

W.  F.  SHAW,  transferred. 

N.   B.   CLARKSON,   detached,   Engineer  Corps. 

J.  H.  DETYENS,  discharged,  1863;  under  age. 

S.  E.  LUCAS,  prom.  Major,  and  Brigade  Commissary. 

BUGLER. 

C.  TABLER,  missing. 

PRIVATES. 

I.  Alexander. 

M.  J.  Bailey,  detached,  Ordnance  Department. 

F.  S.  Barth,  died. 

E.  Blakeley,  discharged. 

J.  L.  Blakeley,  detached,  Engineer  Corps. 

R.  O.  Bush,  discharged,  transferred  to  Navy. 

O.  J.  Butts,  trans,  to  Gov't  Machine  Shop. 

T.  J.  Bourne,  died  at  Macon,  Miss.     Wounded. 

James  Bostick. 

J.  H.  Bessant,  transferred  to  Co.  "  M." 

J.  F.  Beckman,  wounded  at  Corinth,  Miss.;  discharged. 

J.  J.  Bryan,  detached. 

J.  G.  Chadwick,  died. 

G.  R.  Congdon,  promoted   Quarter-Master  Sergeant. 
R.  F.  Collins,  died  at  South  Island. 

N.  Cribb,  died  at  South  Island. 
W.  A.  D.  Croft,  discharged. 

D.  Cannon,  died  in  Hospital. 

G.  Cook,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  22d,  1864. 
D.  M.  Cook,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 


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I.  M.  Cook,  captured  at  M'urfreesboro';  not  returned. 

VV.  J.  Clarkson,  wounded,  Murfreesboro';  discharged. 

Q.  L.  Cooper,  elected  Sheriff;  discharged. 

S.  C.  Davis,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

J.  C.  Deal,  discharged,  over  age. 

B.  A.  Deal. 

\V.  H.  Deal. 

J.  C.  Dennis. 

J.  W.  Durant,  discharged. 

J.  L.  Easterlin,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

E.  C.  Ellis,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  22;  disabled. 

G.  L.  Ellis,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

St.  John  P.  Ellis,  discharged,  over  age. 

D.  J.  Elliott.    . 
Z.  P.  Elliott. 

Washington  Emanuel,  died  of  wounds,  Atlanta,  July  28. 
S.  Emanuel. 

E.  Exun. 

S.  S.  Eraser,  discharged. 

E.  Fryer. 

\V.  A.  Casque,  discharged. 

S.  K.  Casque,  discharged. 

J.  W.  Graham,  promoted  Assistant  Surgeon. 

S.  D.  Guilds,  wd.  Chickamauga  and  Atlanta,  July  22,  '64. 

W.  G.  Gamble,  wd.  at  Corinth;  kd.  at  Bentonville,  N.  C. 

J.  Gamble,  wounded  and   elected  Sheriff;   discharged. 

T.  J.  Harrison,  killed,   Murfreesboro'. 

S.  Harper. 

S.  Hennesy,  wounded  at  Chickamauga. 

H.  W.  Heisenbottel,  died. 

A.  G.  Heriot,  detached  from  Company. 


J.  E.  Holmes,  wd.  Murfreesboro',  Atlanta,  Franklin. 

S.  Howell. 

\V.  J.  Howard,  died. 

E.  K.  Howard,  died. 
S.  B.  Holliday,  died. 
Daniel  Johnston. 

J.  S.  June,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  22d. 

A.  M.  Jaudon,  died. 

W.  H.  J.  Lowrimore,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

H.  D.  Lequieux,  detached. 

T.  Lane,  detached,  Government  Armory. 

Henry  Lucas,  detached  from  Company. 

T.  A.  Mathews,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  22d. 

O.  S.  Marlow,  died. 

A.  McCants. 

J.  W.  McCormick,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'  and  Atlanta. 

W.  E.  McNulty,  detached,  Quartermaster  Dep't. 

A.  McNulty,  promoted  Sergeant-Major. 

J.  Murrow. 

J.  C   McDougal,  died. 

F.  S.  McCants,  killed,  Nashville. 

D.  M.  Michau,  discharged,  1862. 
J.  J.  Morris,  wounded,  Atlanta. 
J.  McLawhon,  wounded,  Atlanta. 
S.  D.  McClary,  discharged,  1862. 
James  McMulken,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
W.  W.  Marree. 

W.  S.  Nurse,  promoted  Hospital  Steward. 

H.  Newman. 

\V.  C.  Ogburn,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

E.  T.  Porter,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 


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J.  H.  Porter,  promoted  Lieutenant  Company  "  C. 

L.  H.  Pipkin,  wounded,  Franklin. 

A.  J.  Richardson,  discharged,  over  age. 

J.  J.  Richardson,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

Edward  Rodgers. 

L.  N.  Rowe. 

S.  A.  Sellars,  discharged. 

G.  VV.  Stalvey,  transferred  to  Engineer  Corps. 

W.  Stanners,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

J.  C.  Small,  discharged. 

A.  B.  Skipper,  died  of  wounds,  Chickamauga. 

J.  P.  Stalvey,  died. 

R.  W.  Sing,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

W.  R.  Shelley,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

L.  G.  W.  Shaw,  promoted  Ensign. 

I.  D.  Singleterry,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

J.  Sloan,  detached. 

J.  W.  Tarbox,  promoted  Ordnance  Sergeant. 

J.  B.  Thomas,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

R.  C.  Ward,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

A.  R.  Walker. 

J.  D.  West,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

W.  H.  West,  captured,  Murfreesboro'. 

C.  A.  Williams,  discharged. 

G.  W.  Williams,  died. 

T.  E.  Williamson,  killed,   Murfreesboro'. 

John  Wilson,  transferred  to  Navy. 

E.  W.  Wilson. 

G.  E.  S.  Wright. 

L.  H.  Wise. 

J.  L.  Ward,  detached,  Hospital  Steward. 


Company  23. 


CAPTAINS. 

J.  H.  NORMAN,  not  re-elected  reorganization,  1862. 
\V.  J.  TOLAR,  severely  wounded  and  disabled,  At 
lanta,  July  22d. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

W.  J.  TOLAR,  promoted  Captain. 
E.  T.  LEWIS. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

J.  R.  BEATY,  not  re-elected  reorganization,  1862. 

E.  T.  LEWIS,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 

J.  A.  SARVIS,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 

J.  P.  CRAWFORD,  died. 

J.  A.  DUGGAN,  wounded,  Mufreesboro'. 

FIRST  SERGEANTS. 

J.  A.  SARVIS,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
B.  F.  AVANT. 

SERGEANTS. 

B.  F.  AVANT. 

J.  E.  BEATY,  wounded,  battle  Chickamauga,  Sept. 

Elected   Lieut.   Co.   K.   26th    Regt.,  S.  C.   V.,  and 

transferred. 

J.  P.  CRAWFORD,  promoted  to  Third  Lieut. 
S.  S.  BEATY,  woun'd  bat.  Chickamauga,  Sept.  1863. 
J.  M.  BEATY,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  22d,  and  died. 
H.  INMAN,  wo.unded,  Missionary  Ridge. 


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CORPORALS. 

VV.  J.  GRAHAM,  died  at  Chattanooga,  Hospital. 

J.  M.  GRAHAM. 

D.  L.  LONG,  mustered  out,  under  age.     Afterwards 

joined  26th  Regt.,  S.  C.  V. 
J.  M.  BEATY,  promoted  to  Sergeant. 
J.  A.  DUGGAN,  promoted  to  Second  Lieutenant. 
VV.  T.  BOND. 

PRIVATES. 

\V.  T.  Allan,  died,  Cat  Island,  S.  C. 
Alex.  Anderson,  died  at  Tupelo,  Miss. 
J.  Anderson. 

B.  D.  Anderson. 
S.  Alford. 

H.  D.  Ange,  wounded  at  Resaca,  Ga. 

J.  A.  Booth,  died,  near  Shelby ville,  Term. 

J.  Booth. 

R.  G.  Booth. 

J.  G.  Baker. 

C.  S.  Beaty. 

John  Beaty,  killed,  around  Atlanta,  Ga. 

W.  S.  Beaty. 

T.  Beaty. 

J.  S.  Beaty. 

F.  G.  Burroughs,  taken  prisoner   DJC.  I5th,  1864,  on 

Hillsboro'  pike  road,  near  Nashville,  Tenn. 
L.  W.  Brown. 

J.  C.  Bellamy,  mustered  out,  under  age. 
F.  K.  Bellamy. 
A.  Bellamy,  taken  prisoner. 


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J.  G.  Cox.  wounded  and  taken  prisoner,  battle  of 
Atlanta,  July  22d. 

R.  Cooper. 

C.  Clewis,  mustered  out,  over  age,  at  Saltilla. 

\V.  D.  Daniels,  captured. 

W.  McDuncan. 

W.  H.  Eatman,  wounded,  near  Atlanta  (by  shell),  re 
covered. 

Daniel  Faircloth,  killed  on  picket,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

\V.  P.  Fowler,  taken  prisoner,  battle  Chattanooga, 
Nov.  25th,  1863. 

A.  J.  Fowler. 

\V.  H.  Gerrold,  died. 

\Y.  G.  Hughes,  wounded  on  picket  near  Atlanta,  Ga. 

F.  D.  Hughes. 

M.  Hughes. 

J.  M.  Holmes. 

F.  G.  Hemming  way. 

H.  Inman,  promoted  to  Sergeant. 

J.  C.  Inman,  taken   prisoner   and   supposed    to    have 

been  killed,  battle  Atlanta,  July  22d. 
J.  H.  Johnson,  wounded   and    taken  prisoner,  battle 

Chattanooga,  Nov.  25,  1863. 

G.  Johnson. 

J.  J.  Jacobs,  killed,  battle  Franklin,  Tenn. 

C.  J.  Jones,  died  at  Hospital. 

H.  H.  Jolly,  captured,  battle  Missionary  Ridge,  Tenn., 

Nov.  25,  1863. 
\V.  T.  Jordan. 

S.  L.  Jordan,  wounded,  battle  Chickamauga. 
H.  Kami  risk  i,  promoted  Brigade  Commissary-Sergt. 


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C.  King,  died  in  Miss. 

J.  R.  Long. 

T.  S.  Lee. 

J.  C.  Lewis. 

M.  J.  Lewis,  killed,  battle  Atlanta,  July  22d. 

W.  C.  Ludlam. 

B.  Lane. 

\V.  Lane,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro',  and  taken  pris 
oner. 

N.  Micham,  taken  prisoner,  battle}  Missionary  Rid^e. 
J.  Moore. 
\V.  Moore,  died. 
J.  B.  Moore. 

W.  T.  McCracken,  died  in  Hospital,  Miss. 
J.  W.  McCracken. 

\V.  W.  McCracken,  taken  prisoner  and  died. 
A.  G.  Murrell. 

C.  B.  Murrell. 
S.  H.  McNab. 

R.  G.  Nichols,  died  on  march  through  Kentucky. 

J.  Purtell,  died  in  Tenn. 

A.  L.  Redman,  wounded,  battle  Murfreesboro',  Te«n., 

and  died. 

E.  Russ,  killed,  battle  Missionary  Ridge. 
J.  W.  Roberts,  died,  Bardstown. 
J.  II.  Roberts,  died  on  march  in  Kentucky. 
L.  P.  Sessions. 

D.  Sessions. 
D.  F.  Stevens. 

T.  C.  Shackleford,  captured  on  march,  and   died    in 
Northern  prison. 


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J.  P.  Smith. 

S.  Stacey,  wounded,  battle  Nashville,  Term.,  captured 

and  died. 
VV.  Skipper. 

J.  Todd,  taken  prisoner,  Missionary  Ridge. 
P.  P.  Tood,  wounded,  battle  Murfreesboro'. 
T.  B.  Tolar,  died. 
Charles  Turner. 

J.  S.  Turner,  killed  on  picket,  battle  Chickamauga 
W.  B.  Winbourne. 
J.  B.  Willard,  died  on  furlough. 
VV.  J.  Williamson. 


Company  C. 


CAPTAINS. 

A.  H.  JOHNSON,  resigned,  ill  health. 
CARMI  JOHNSON. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANT. 

C.  JOHNSON,  promoted  to  Captain. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

J.  J.  JOHNSON,  wounded  at   Resaca,  then  at    At 
lanta,  Ga. 
JAMES  H.  PORTER,  not  re-elected  in  1862. 

FIRST  SERGEANTS. 

A.  C.  SKIPPER,  discharged,  ill  health. 
CORNELIUS    CANNON,    wounded,    retreat    from 
Resaca. 

SERGEANTS. 

LOTT  PRINCE,  died,  Knoxville  Tenn. 

D.  S.  JOHNSON,  killed,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
H.  JOHNSON,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
J.  L.  GRAHAM,  killed,  Resaca,  Ga. 

A.  B.  HARDWICK,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 
].  J.  STEPHENS,  died  of  wounds  received,  Atlanta, 
July  22d. 

CORPORALS. 

W.  R.  HUX,  discharged,  bad  health. 

W.  J.  SARVIS,  discharged,  bad  health, 

H.  L.  RICHARDSON,  discharged,  bad  health. 

W.  T.  CRAWFORD,  discharged,  bad  health. 


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E.  V.  B.  LEE,  died,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
W.  PRINCE,  promoted  to  first  Sergeant,  afterwards 
second  Lieutenant  Company  C. 

PRIVATES. 

A.  Alford,  mustered  out,  under  age. 

J.  Alford,  captured,  not  heard  from  since. 

S.  Alford. 

J.  Ammons,  killed,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

D.  Blackburn,  died,  camp  Marion. 

P.  Bannhill,  discharged,  bad  health. 

J.  G.  Bannhill,  died,  camp  Marion. 

M.  Bannhill. 

R.  Bannhill,  died,  camp  near  Chickamauga,  Tenn. 

S.  Bannhill,  died  from  wounds,  Georgia. 

J.  \V.  Briglem,  died. 

Cornelius  Cannon,  promoted  to  First  Sergeant. 

Caleb  Cannon,  discharged,  bad  health. 

J.  M.  Cannon,  dj^d  from  sickness,  on  furlough. 

J.  Causey. 

F.  Causey,  discharged,  bad  health. 
L.  D.  Cox,  captured,  died  in  prison. 
W.  F.  Cox,  died,  near  Corinth,  Miss. 
J.  Edwards,  died,  Saltillo,  Miss. 

D.  Edwards,  discharged,  bad  health. 

B.  Fowler,  died. 

G.  Fowler,  died. 
I.  Fowler,  died. 
J.  Fowler,  died. 
R.  Fowler,  died. 

F.  Floyd,  died  at  Mobile. 
J.  L.  Floyd,  died  at  Mobile. 


D.  Fipps,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

E.  Fipps,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 
Daniel  Graham. 

W.  L.  Graham,  wounded,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  July  22. 

F.  Graham. 

L.  C.  Gerrald,  discharged,  under  age. 

A.  M.  Hardwick,  killed,  battle  Murfreesboro'. 

A.  B.  Hardwick,  promoted  to  Sergeant. 

I.  B.  Hux. 

W.  D.  Hewitt. 

J.  J.  Hardee,  died  from  disease. 

M.  Hardee,  died  after  capture. 

R.  Hardee,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

P.  Hancock,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 

A.  James,  died. 

D.  B.  James,  discharged,  bad  health. 
W.  D.  James,  died. 

Kinian  Jolly. 

H.  L.  Johnson.  ^ 

P,  Johnson,  died,  Corinth,  Miss. 

T.  H.  Johnson,  died. 

Eban  Jones,  wounded,  Atlanta,  and  died. 

J.  L.  Jones,  wounded,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

J.  C.  Jones. 

N.  Jones. 

W.  Lawson,  killed,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  July  22d. 

B.  Mincey,  died. 
I.  Mincey,  died. 

E.  W.  McDaniels. 
A.  McDaniels. 

J.  T.  Merritt,  woun'd,  Chattahooche  River,  on  picket. 
J.  P.  A.  Martin,  died  at  home,  on  furlough. 


W.  Martin,  died. 

S.  C.  Mishoe,  died. 

M.  McCrackin,  discharged,  and  afterwards  went  back 

and  re-joined. 
E.  C.  Palmer,  last  on  retreat  from  Dalton,  not  heard 

from. 

M.  C.  Powell. 
W.  Pridgen,  died. 
J.  Ray,  died. 
S.  Ray. 

D.  Raban,  discharged. 
Marion  Skipper. 
M.  M.  Skipper. 

B.  Stephens,  died  near  Corinth, 
J.  J.  Stephens,  promoted  to  Sergeant. 
M.  Stephens,  died. 

J.  D.  Spears,  wounded,  Atlanta,  22d  July. 
J.  W.  Suggs,  died. 
J.  Suggs,  wounded. 
M.  Shelly,  captured. 
I.  Shelly,  captured. 
I.  K.  Smith,  died,  camp  Marion. 
W.  T.  Smith,  killed,  Chickamauga. 
J.  S.  Tompkins,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 
J.  Tompkins,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 
L.  E.  Tompkins,  wounded,  Atlanta. 
W.  Tompkins. 
K.  M.  Tompkins. 
J.  D.  Todd,  died. 
W.  L.  Todd,  wounded. 

albert  Waters. 
L  Watts,  killed,  Nashville. 


CAPTAINS. 


Z.  GODBOLD,  resigned,  1862. 

R.  Z.  HARLLEE,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  28. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

R.  Z.  HARLLEE,  promoted  Captain. 

W.  H.  MUNNERLYN,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  22,  1874. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

R.  A.  BOOTHE,  resigned. 

D.  J.   WILLIAMSON,  resigned. 

H.  J.  BLACKMAN,  died,  July,  1862. 

W.  H.  MUNNERLYN,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 

R.  H.  KIMBALL. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

H.  J.  BLACKMAN,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
G.  B.  COLEMAN,  wd.  Murfreesboro',  Chickamauga. 

SERGEANTS. 

G.  B.  COLEMAN,  promoted  First  Sergeant. 

J.  J.  LOYD. 

J.  B.  WILLIAMSON. 

S.  BIRD,  wounded  at  Chickamauga. 

CORPORALS. 

W.  J.  COLEMAN. 

W.  H.  COOK. 

J.  B.  WIGGINS. 

J.  HODGES,  wounded  at  Atlanta. 


PRIVATES. 

A.  R.  Ammons,  discharged,  1862. 

W.  T.  Altman,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro' 

A.  Avant,  died  at  Hospital. 

B.  Baxley,  died  at  Hospital. 

W.  Baxley,  wounded  at  Chickamauga. 
L.  Baxley,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

F.  Beverly,  died  at  Hospital. 
D.  Beverly,  died  at  Hospital. 
S.  Bird,  promoted  Sergeant. 

H.  G.  Bird,  died  at  Franklin,  Ky. 

J.  Bird,  died  in  Hospital. 

K.  C.  Blackmon,  died  at  Hospital. 

J.  Boatwright. 

A.  Brown,  died  at  Hospital. 

D.  Carmichael,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 

W.  P.  Clark. 

J.  W.  Coleman,  died  at  Hospital. 

D.  Collins,  died  at  Hospital. 
W.  Collins. 

N.  Drew,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 
W.  Flowers. 

G.  S.  Flowers,  killed  at  Chickamauga. 

E.  Gasque,  died  at  Hospital. 

D.  Gunter,  wounded  at  Chickamauga. 

S.  \V.  Gerald,  died  at  Hospital. 

M.  W.  Harrell,  killed  at  Chickamauga. 

J.  P.  Herren,  died  at  Hospital. 

W.  P.  Herren,  died  at  Hospital. 

J.  Jones. 


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J.  J.  Jones. 

P.  Lambert,  died  at  Hospital. 

D.  H.  Lambert,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 
J.  H.  Lambert,  died  at  Hospital. 

W.  Leggett. 

J.  Loyd,  died  at  Hospital. 

T.  M.  Loyd. 

T.  W.  Marlor,  died  at  Hospital. 

W.  McMeenee,  killed  at  Resaca. 

S.  Moore,  killed  at  Atlanta,  July  22d,  1864. 

E.  Moore,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

J.  W.  Nobles,  missing,  Chickamauga;   supposed  kille  1. 

H.  Nobles,  died  at  Hospital. 

N.  Nobles,  missing,  Atlanta;  supposed  killed. 

R.  H.  Owens,  died  at  Hospital. 

M.  Owens,  killed  at  Kennesaw  Mountain. 

E.  Owens,  died  at  Hospital. 

S.  Owens,  died  at  Hospital. 

Jehu  Porte. 

L.  Porte,  died  at  Hospital. 

J.  L.  Rogers,  died  at  Hospital. 

C.  C.  Rogers. 

J.  Sanders. 

J.  G.  Shelly. 

E.  Shaw,  died  at  Hospital. 

J.  W.  Stephens,  died  at  Hospital. 

C.  Tart,  died  at  Hospital. 

S.  Thomas,  killed  at  Chickamauga. 

E.  Thomas,  died  at  Hospital. 

H.  Thomas,  died  at  Hospital. 

J.  Turner,  died  at  Hospital. 


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F.  Turbeville,  died  at  Hospital. 
P.  Turbeville,  died  at  Hospital. 
\V.  Turbeville. 

W.  Ward,  died  at  Hospital. 

L.  Woodad,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 

G.  \V.  Wright. 

W.  C.  Wright,  died  at  Hospital. 
J.  \V.  Wiggins,  died  at  Hospital. 


Cmnpaut)  %. 


CAPTAINS. 

JAMES  F.  PRESSLEY,  elected  Lieutenant-Colons! 

on  organization  of  Regiment. 
J.  F.  CARAWAY,  resigned,  1862. 
T.   M.   MILLER,  died,  Tupelo,  1862. 
G.  P.  ANDERSON,  severely  wounded,  Kinston,  N.  C. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

T.    NELSON    BRITTON,    promoted     Captain    ard 

Commissary  of  Regiment. 
T.  M.  MILLER,  promoted  Captain. 
G.  P.  ANDERSON,  promoted  Captain. 
J.  T.  McCONNELL. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS, 

F.  M.  BRITTON,  resigned,  1862. 
J.  F.  D.  BRITTON,  resigned,  1862. 

G.  P.  ANDERSON,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
J.  T.   McCONNELL,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
T.   M.  BRITTON,  wounded  at  Franklin. 

J.  G.  MILLER,  wounded  at  Jonesboro'. 

FIRST   SERGEANTS. 

G.  P.  ANDERSON,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
J.  Z.  McCONNELL. 

SERGEANTS. 

D.   D.  BARR,  prom.  Commissary  25th  So.  Ca.  Regt. 
S.  I.  WILSON,  discharged,  1862. 


J.  T.  McCONNELL,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
T.  M.  BRITTON,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
J.  L.  NESMITH,  wounded  at  Franklin. 
R.  G.   MORETON,  died  of  wounds  at  Atlanta. 
J.  T.  MORETON,  died  of  wounds  at  Bentonville. 

CORPORALS. 

J.  \V.  HUGHES,  discharged,  over  age. 

T.  N.  MARTIN,  died  at  Hospital,  1862. 

THOS.  ALTMAN,  wd.  Chickamauga  and  Franklin. 

C.  W.  COCKFIELD,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 
R.  H.  GIBSON. 

J.  G.  MILLER,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

D.  F.   FEXTERS,  died  in  Mississippi. 

W.    A.    MARSHALL,    wounded    at    Nashville    and 
captured  ;    missing. 

PRIVATES. 

R.  T.  B.  Abrams,  discharged,  over  age. 

A.  Akeman,  discharged, 
T.  E.  Altman. 

S.  S.  Britton,  detached,  orderly. 

W.  J.  Britton,  lost  his  hand  at  Corinth  and  discharged. 

T.  G.  Britton,  discharged,  under  age. 

B.  F.  Britton,  died  at  Tullahoma. 
J.  W.  Baxley,  died  at  Saltillo. 

H.  C.  Baxley,  died  in  Kentucky. 

W.  J.  Baxley,  discharged. 

D.  W.  Baxley,  died  in  Kentucky. 

Thomas  Bone,  died  in  Mississippi. 

J.  S.  Brockinton,  died  at  West  Point,  Miss. 


J.  F.  Brockinton,  Jr.,  wd.  Chickamauga  and  Franklin. 

J.  F.  Brockinton,  Sr.,  discharged. 

H.  W.  Blakeley,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

Wm.  Braswell. 

Benjamin  Beaty,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

R.  W.  Buskirk. 

John  Cribb,  discharged,  over  age. 

A.  J.  Council,  died  of  wounds  at  Atlanta. 

George  Cumbie. 

J.  W.  Cherry. 

J.  W.  Cook,  died  in  Mississippi. 

J.  C.  Conrad,  died  in  Tennessee. 

J.  H.  Cockfield,  died  of  wounds  at  Murfreesboro'. 

M.  A.  Ethridge. 

J.  B.  Freeman,  died  in  Mississippi. 

L.  W.  Fenters,  died  at  South  Island. 

D.  F.  Fenters,  promoted  Corporal. 

J.  C.  Fenters,  died  at  Shelbyville,  Tenn. 

Daniel  Fenters,  killed  at  Chickamauga. 

J.  J.  Fenters,  died  at  Corinth. 

Jehu  Fenters. 

L.  F.  Fenters. 

J.  B.  Godwin,  died  in  Mississippi. 

W.  H.  Grigs. 

S.  J.  Goude. 

C.  B.  Goude,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

D.  B.  Hughes. 

Thos.  Hataway,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro'. 

S.  A.  Howard. 

J.  W.  Howard,  discharged. 

F.  M.  Howard,  died  in  Mississippi. 


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W.  B.  Hardick,  died  in  Tennessee. 

Wm.  Hewitt. 

M.  J.  E.  Hixon,  died  in  Mississippi. 

Daniel  Johnson,  wounded  at  Chickamauga. 

J.  M.  Johnson. 

J.  W.  Johnson,  discharged,  over  age. 

J.  G.  Johnson,  discharged,  over  age. 

G.  \V.  Johnson,  died  in  Mississippi. 

Gilbert  Johnson,  died  in  Mississippi. 

R.  H.  Kirnball,  appointed   Com.  Sergt.  of  Regt.,  and 

afterwards  elected  Lieut.  Co.  D. 
Henry  Long,  died  at  South  Island. 
John  Long. 
S.  S.  Lamb. 

H.  J.  Lamb,  wounded  at  Kennesaw  Mountain. 
J.  C.  P.  Martin,  died,  in  Mississippi,  1862. 
W.  A.  Marshall,  promoted  Corporal. 
John  Marshall,  died  at  West  Point,  Miss. 
H.  L.  Marlow. 

R.  G.  Moreton,  promoted  Sergeant. 
J.  T.  Moreton,  promoted  Sergeant. 
J.  F.  Morton,  died  in  Kentucky. 
E.  Morriss,  discharged,  over  age. 
J.  Z.  McConnell,  promoted  First  Sergeant. 
W.  S.  McConnell,  Jr.,  died  in  Mississippi. 
John  McNamee. 
E.  J.  Moved. 
J.  J.  Miller. 
W.  H.  Miller. 

B.  S.  Nesmith,  discharged,  1862. 
J.  L.  Nesmith,  promoted  Sergeant. 
4 


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Nath.  Nesmith,  killed  at  Chickamauga. 

B.  T.  Outland,  wounded  at  Atlanta. 

W.  J.  Pipkin,  died  in  Mississippi. 

Thomas  Porte,  died  at  South  Island. 

E.  S.  Ray,  died  at  Bardstown,  Ky. 

J.  B.  Russ,  died  of  wounds  at  Murfreesborp' 

J.  H.  Smith. 

W.  C.  Small,  discharged,  over  age. 

R.  W.  Sanders,  discharged,  under  age. 

James  Sauls,  died. 

G.  W.  Skipper,  wounded  at  Franklin. 

D.  C.  Tilton. 

W.  S.  Wallace,  died  in  Mississippi. 

Wm.  Wilson,  died  in  Mississippi. 

Benj.  Ward. 


Company  ff. 


CAPTAINS. 


E.  MILLER,  not  re-elected  1862. 

F.  J.  BOSTICK,   wounded,  Chickamauga   and    Mis 
sionary  Ridge. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 


J.  F.  DAVIS,  resigned. 

F.  J.' BOSTICK,  promoted  Captain. 


SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

L.  T.  McWHITE,  not  re-elected  1862. 
J.  T.  BRAGDON,  not  re-elected  1862. 
J.  H.  BELIN. 
N.  MURPHY. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

G.  W.  COLEMAN,  discharged. 
C.  BELIN. 

SERGEANTS. 

H.  SHAW,  promoted  Lieutenant  Company  M. 
M.  BROWN,  died,  from  wound  received,  Atlanta. 
I.  L.  PROSSER,  died  in  Kentucky. 
J.  H.  BELIN,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

CORPORALS. 

T.  G.  LEWIS,  killed,  Chickamauga. 
J.  N.  BOSTICK,  color-guard,  captured,    Missionary 
Ridge,  prisoner  at   Rock  Island. 


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R.  W.  FOXWORTH,  died  at  Tupelo,  Miss. 

J.  B.  COLLINS. 

A.  J.  ARD,  died  in  Mississippi. 

F.  A.  JOHNSON,  died  at  Corinth. 

E.  B.  GLISSON,  mortally  wounded,  Chickamauga. 
J.  J.WILLIAMS. 

PRIVATES. 

P.  Adkinson. 

R.  Broach,  died. 

J.  Brown,  discharged,  from  near-sightedness. 

H.  Bartelle. 

J.  R.  Barnette. 

C.  Belin,  promoted  to  First  Sergeant. 
J.  J.  Bellflour,  died  at  Corinth. 

G.  W.  Curry,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

D.  Curry,  died. 
J.  Curry,  died. 
R.  Cannon. 

S.  C.  Cox,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

J.  E.  Collins. 

S.  J.  Collins. 

T.  E.  Crossby. 

J.  W.  Crossby,  died,  Mississippi. 

J.  L.  Crossby,  died. 

J.  G.  Daniels,  died  on  South  Island. 

J.  T.  Dimary. 

N.  Evans,  died  in  hospital. 

A.  B.  Foxworth. 

J.   Gasque. 

E.  B.  Glisson,  promoted  to   Corporal. 


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H.  Gunter,  died  in  hospital. 

J.  Goff,  died. 

S.  O.  Hinds,  died  at  Corinth. 

H.  N.  Hinds. 

M.  T.  Hog. 

N.  P.  Hutcherson. 

Wm.  Hyman. 

H.  Hawkins,  died. 

G.  W.  J.  Kenner. 

J.  J.  Jarrall,  died. 

P.  C.  Johnson,  died. 

J.  J.  Johnson. 

T.  H.  Johnson. 

W.  E.  Keefe,  captured  Chickamauga. 

J.  G.  Keightley. 

J.  R.  Lewis,  died. 

A.  C.  Lee,  died. 

J.  R.  Marler. 

V.  A.  Marler. 

E.  Miller,  missing. 

J.  McNeill,  died,  South  Island. 

J.  P.  Nobles,  died,  Tupelo. 

S.  F.  Parker,  captured  Missionary  Ridge,  prisoner  at 

Rock  Island. 
R.  W.  Pace,  died. 

F.  M.  Phillips. 
A.  E.  Powell. 
W.  M.  Powell. 
M.  B.  Powell. 

G.  W.  Poston. 

A.  J.  Richardson,  died. 


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D.  A.  Rowell. 

J.  B.  Smith. 

J.  H.  Shaw,  killed,  battle  Franklin. 

R.  W.  Stone. 

R.  W.  Taylor,  died. 

S.  Turbeville,  died  on  sick  furlough. 

G.  W.  Tinner. 

R.  H.  Turner,  died. 

T.  D.  Turner,  died. 

J.  W.  Wall. 

J.  C.  Wall,  killed,  picket  line  Chattahoochie  River. 

D.  N.  Williams. 

J-  J.  Williams,  promoted  to  Corporal. 


Company  (i. 


CAPTAINS. 

SAMUEL  BELL,  not  re-elected,  1862. 
C.  T.  FORD,  resigned,  1863. 
M.  F.  SARVIS- 

FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

C.  T.  FORD,  promoted  Captain,  1862. 
M.  F.  SARVIS,  promoted  Captain,  1863. 

D.  D.  McDUFFIE. 

SECOND     LIEUTENANTS. 

W.  H.  PRIVETT,  resigned  at  reorganization. 

D.  D.  McDUFFIE,  promoted  First  Lieutenant,  1863. 

W.  S.  McCASKILL,  not  re-elected,  1862. 

S.  E.  LUCAS,  promoted  Major,  Brigade  Com'sry. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

M.  F.  SARVIS,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 

SERGEANTS. 

M.  F.  CAUSE,  died  at  Chattanooga. 

J.  J.  TODD,  discharged. 

W.  J.  SUGGS. 

J.  T.  McCRACKEN. 


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CORPORALS. 

DANIEL  BOYD. 

A.  D.  MARTIN. 

S.  G.  TOMPKINS,  killed,  Missionary  Ridge. 

JESSEE  BOYD,  killed,  Missionary  Ridge. 

A.  M.  CHESNUTT,  discharged. 

W.  P.  ALLEN,  discharged. 

PRIVATES. 

J.  T.  Alford,  died. 

T.  J.  Anderson. 

Levi  Anderson. 

R.  P.  Arnold. 

W.  L.  Baker. 

Joseph  Barnhill,  died. 

Josiah  Barnhill,  died. 

John  Boyd. 

S.  P.  Branton,  died. 

L.  M.  Boon. 

H.  Cartrett,  died  at  Rock  Island. 

D.  H.  Chesnut. 

J.  W.  Cade. 

J.  S.  Cade. 

T.  J.  Cook,  died. 

C.  G.  Cox. 
H.  L.  Doyl. 
Daniel  Dawsey,  died. 

D.  M.  Edge. 

W.  L.  Edge,  lost  leg  at  Atlanta. 

J.  M.  Elliott. 

J.  J.  Fulghum,  killed. 


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J.  W.  Gause,  died. 
J.  G.  Graham,  died. 
Wm.  F.  Galaway. 

A.  J.  Galaway,  discharged. 
E.  J.  Gause. 

L.  J.  Hardvvick,  discharged. 

J.  B.  Hardee. 

Thomas  Henniford,  discharged. 

J.  T.  Hawkins,  missing. 

R.  C.  Hardee. 

R.  S.  Holmes,  killed. 

H.  C.  Houson. 

M.  A.  Hampton,  died. 

N.  A.  Howell,  died. 

W.  E.  Jerrold,  discharged. 

E.  Johnson,  discharged. 

Isaac  Lewis,  discharged. 

M.  McDowall. 

L.  C.  McCumber. 

M.  H.  R.  Martin. 

M.  M.  Martin,  discharged. 

Robert  Millikin. 

B.  B.  Nobles,  died. 

Hardy  Parker,  killed  at  Missionary  Ridge. 

T.  A.  Rials,  died. 

H.  F.  Riley,  discharged. 

John  Rogers. 

G.  W.  Reaves,  discharged. 

N.  E.  Stanley. 

Bethel  Smith. 

R.  Shannon,  killed  at  home. 


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H.  L.  Stephens. 

J.  H.  Stephens. 

J.  W.  Smith. 

J.  M.  Sudam. 

A.  Singleton. 

W.  F.  Todd. 

J.  M.  Todd,  died. 

L.  M.  Todd,  died. 

H.  J.  Todd,  died. 

S.  J.  Todd. 

John  H.  Todd,  died. 

D.  W.  Todd,  died. 

S.  D.  Todd,  died. 

Dennis  Todd,  killed  at  home, 

Moses  Tylee,  discharged. 

Lewis  Tylee,  discharged. 

C.  Tompkins. 

J.  B.  Tompkins,  killed. 

D.  W.  M.  Tompkins. 
H.  T.  Williams,  killed. 
Levi  Watts,  died. 


Company 


CAPTAINS. 


J.  R.  NETTLES,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
W.  J.  M.  LEE. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

VV.  J.  M.  LEE,  promoted  Captain. 

J.  T.  KIRBY,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  22d. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

S.  B.  BURKETT,  died,  1862. 

W.  D.  FITCH,  resigned. 

C.  J.  OSBORN,  resigned. 

J.  T.  KIRBY,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 

E.  S.  SAULS,  twice  wounded. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

C.  J.  OSBORN,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

SERGEANTS. 

E.  M.  SCURRY,  died,  1863. 
E.  S.  SAULS,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
J.  T.  KIRBY,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
J.  C.  McGEE,  died  in  camp,  1862. 

CORPORALS. 

S.  F.  R.  GODWIN,  killed,  Murfreesboro',  1862. 

j.  j.  MCKNIGHT. 

SAMUEL  KIRBY,  wotmded  ia  three  battles. 


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S.  W.  McCLAM,  killed,  Atlanta,  28th  July. 

R.  N.  BROWN,  discharged. 

W.  P.  BUDDIN,  died,  1862. 

R.  N.  FLOWERS. 

G.  W.  HUGGINS,  killed,  Atlanta. 

PRIVATES. 

G.  W.  Anderson,  discharged. 

L.  E.  Burket,  wounded. 

M.  Braveboy. 

M.  M.  Braveboy,  captured  in  Tennessee, 

G.  W.  Burrows,  killed,  Nashville,  December,  1864. 

J.  W.  Brown,  killed. 

J.  A.  Brown. 

J.  W.  Carter,  killed. 

J.  M.  T.  Carter,  killed. 

J.  P.  Caniday,  discharged. 

A.  Cook,  died. 

J.  W.  Caulder,  died. 

E.  W.  Cook,  died. 

A.  M.  B.  Coward. 

D..E.  Coward,  wounded,  Nashville. 

E.  Cane,  captured. 

W.  Collins,  killed,  Chickamauga. 

E.  Caraway. 

W.  Caraway,  died  on  South  Island. 

C.  W.  Daniels. 

A.  H.  Evins,  discharged. 

J.  E.  Evins,  discharged. 

R.  N.  Flowers,  promoted  Color  Corporal ;  wounded. 

E.  A.   Flowers,  died. 


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J.  B.  Flowers,  died,  1861. 
L.  D.  Ployed,  died. 
J.  O.  Fillyaw,  discharged. 
J.  J.  Fillyaw,  died. 
A.  Gray,  died. 
N.  Gray,  killed,  1864. 
D.  A.  D.  Godwin,  died. 
G.  D.  Green. 
G.  W.  Graham,  died. 
W.  N.  Cause,  discharged. 
A.  J.  Hatchel,  died. 
Jasper  Hatchel,  died,  January,  1862. 
J.  N.  Hatchel,  died. 
T.  H.  Hatchel,  died,  1862. 
D.  Haniford,  wounded. 

G.  W.  Huggins,  promoted  Corporal,  killed,  Atlanta. 
J.  J.  Huggins,  captured,  1863. 
George  James,  died,  South  Island,  1861. 
M.  Jones. 

L.  Jones,  died,  Tupelo,  Miss.,  July,  1862. 
W.  Jones,  discharged. 
A.  Jones,  died. 
F.  M.  Jones,  discharged. 
T.  Jordan,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
D.  P.  Kirby. 

R.  W.  Kirby,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
M.  C.  Langston,  killed,  Chickamauga. 
H.  Lee. 

J.  L.  Lee,  captured,  1863,  and  died  in  prison. 
J.  C.  Laws. 
S.  J.  Lee,  discharged. 
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C.  W.  Lee,  died,  December,  1862. 

J.  W.  Lee,  captured,  1863,  died  in  prison. 

W,  C.  Lee,  captured,  1863,  died  in  prison. 

W.  M.  C.  Lee,  died. 

P.  D.  Lee,  died  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  1862. 

J.  A.  Lee.  captured,  1863,  died  in  prison. 

B.  Lee,  died. 

A.  R.  Lee,  died. 

J.  L.  Lynch,  died. 

J.  M.  Lacey,  died. 

J.  Lynch,  wounded. 

A.  Lynch,  died. 

R.  J.  McKnight,  discharged. 

J.  McKnight,  captured,  1863. 

H.  M.  Matthews,  died. 

A.  Matthews,  died. 

M.  Matthews,  died. 

G.  W.  Matthews,  died. 

F.  Matthews,  died. 

G.  R.  Matthews,  wounded. 
E.  Matthews. 

Pleasant  Matthews,  died. 

R.  M.  Matthews,  died. 

Robert  Matthews,  died,  1862. 

J.  M.  Matthews,  killed. 

Win.  Matthews,  discharged,  1862. 

John  J.  McCalister,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

P.  McGee,  captured,  1863. 

S.  Miles,  died. 

J.  R.  Miles,  killed,  Chickainauga. 

S.  J.  Nettles,  died,  1862. 


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E.  C.  Osborn. 

J.  Pate,  discharged. 

N.  G.  Parker,  died. 

A.  Parker,  wounded,  and  discharged. 

G.  W.  Reid,  died,  1862. 

W.  L.  Smiley. 

S.  D.  Smith,  wounded. 

R.  Spring,  died,  1862. 

J.  J.  Steele,  discharged. 

T.  H.  Wilks,  died. 

J.  M.  Weaver,  discharged. 

J.  A.  Young,  wounded. 


CAPTAINS. 

H.  M.  LOFTON,  resigned. 

B.  B.  McWHITE,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

B.  B.  McWHITE,  promoted  Captain. 

S.  S.  GASQUE,  not  re  elected  reorganization,  1862 

ANDREW  POSTON,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

S.  S.  GASQUE,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
BENJAMIN  POSTON. 

T.  J.  BOSTICK,  died  of  wounds  received  at  Franklin 
ANDREW  POSTON,  elected   First  Lieutenant,  re 

organization,  1862. 
G.  C.  FINKLEA,  captured  Missionary  Riclge. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

JASPER    BARTELL,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

SERGEANTS. 

T.  J.  BOSTICK,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

ANDREW  POSTON,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant 

WM.  BARTELL,  died  in  Tennessee. 

W.  L.  HYMAN,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 

A.  A.  MYERS,  Color  Seargent  of  Regiment,  1864. 


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CORPORALS. 

R.  TURBEVILLE,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 
N.  C.  HICKS,  died  in  Kentucky. 
G.  C.  FINKLEA,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
W.  H.  McWHITE,  wounded,  Murfreesboro',  Frank 
lin  and  Atlanta. 
DANIEL  POSTON. 
J.  H.  FLOWERS. 

PRIVATES. 

W.  S.  Altman. 

C.  T.  Altman,  died  from  wounds,  Chickamauga. 
Jacob  Adkisson,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

J.  A.  Askins,  died  in  Mississippi. 
Barnabas  Ard. 

D.  J.  Andrews,  died  from  wounds,  Resaca. 

B.  J.  Barnes,  died  from  wounds,  Atlanta. 
J.  H.  Bostick,  died  in  Kentucky. 

J.  B.  Bragdon,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 
Levi  Cooper,  mustered  out,  over  age. 
Simon  Cooper. 
Jas.  Caulcutt. 

E.  E.  Cain,  died  in  Georgia. 
Wm.  Cain. 

N.  B.  Creel,  died  in  Mississippi. 

W.  E.  Carter,  died  in  Georgia. 

W.  D.  Campbell,  wounded  at  Jonesboro',  Georgia. 

Robert  Finklea. 

W.  E.  Finklea. 

C.  B.  Foxworth,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 
Clayton  Flowers,  mustered  out,  over  age. 


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Gregory  Eaddy,  died  in  Mississippi. 

G.  W.  Glisson. 

A.  B.  Gordon,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

J.  J.   Gordon,  discharged,  South  Island,  S.  C, 

J.  H.  Holland. 

J.  B.  Haines,  wounded,  Missionary  Ridge. 

W.  S.  A.  Huggins. 

J.  R.  Hanna,  died,  South  Island. 

D.  P.  Hanna,  died  in  Kentucky. 

Ervin  Hanna,  wounded,  Missionary  Ridge. 

E.  B.  Hutchison. 

L.  N.  Hutchison,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

John  Hutchison,  died  in  Kentucky. 

J.  L.  Hyman,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

J.  W.  Lee. 

W.  A.  Lee,  died  in  Mississippi. 

G.  W.  Munn. 

W.  J.  Munn,  killed  at  Murfreesboro'. 

W.  A.  McGee. 

A.  W.  McKissick. 

Enos  McDaniel,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

Thos.  Maree. 

G.  H.  Myers,  wounded,  Missionary  Ridge. 

G.  W.  McWhite,  died  in  Mississippi. 

G.  R.  Parker. 

Nathan  Prosser,  died  in  South  Carolina. 

M.  V.  Prosser. 

S.  C.  Powell. 

J.  S.  Powell,  mustered  out,  over  age. 

Hampton  Poston,  died  in  South  Carolina. 

Christopher  Poston,  died  in  Tennessee. 


Josiah  H.  Poston,  died  in  Tennessee. 

M.  M.  Poston. 

F.  L.  Poston. 

T.  W.  Poston, 'mustered  out,  over  age. 

B.  D.  Poston. 

John  L.  Poston,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

W.  H.  Poston,  killed  at  Missionary  Ridge. 

Wm.  Poston. 

Hugh  Poston. 

D.  C.  Smith. 

S.  B.  Sturges. 

Lewis  Turner,  died  in  Georgia. 

W.  N.  Tanner. 

John  Tanner. 

D.  M.  VVoodrow,  died  in  Georgia. 

E.  J.  Wiggins. 

Samuel  Williams,  died  in  Georgia. 
A.  S.  Williford. 
R.  J   Williford. 


CAPTAINS. 


JULIUS  T.  PORCHER,  promoted  Major. 
JOHN  S.  PALMER,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT. 

JOHN  S.   PALMER,   promoted   Captain,   wounded, 
Murfreesboro'. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  G.  GAILLARD,  resigned  1863. 

T.   LAVAL  JACKSON,  resigned  8th  May,  1862. 

J.  F.  SMITH. 

V.  SMITH,  wounded,  Atlanta. 

J.  STONEY  PORCHER,  promoted  Capr.  and  Q.  M. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

J.  STONEY  PORCHER,  promoted  Second  Lieut. 
J.  F.  SMITH,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
V.  SMITH,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
R.  R.  OWENS,  Color  Sergeant  of  Regiment. 

SERGEANTS. 

V.   SMITH,  promoted  First  Sergeant. 

WM.  M.  LEARY,  discharged,  disability,  Aug.,  1862. 

R.   D.  CARR,  died,  Kentucky,  1862. 

R.  R.  OWENS,  promoted   First  Sergeant. 

A.  L.  WELCH,    died  of  wound,   Missionary  Ridge. 


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G.  B.  TOWNSEND,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

J.  R.  THURSTON,  captured  Oct.,   1864. 

W.  J.  BARRETT,  captured  at  evacuation  of  Atlanta. 

CORPORALS. 

A.   L.  WELCH,  promoted  to  Sergeant. 

G.  B.  TOWNSEND,  promoted  Sergeant,  wounded, 

Murfreesboro'. 

R.   R.  OWENS,  promoted  Sergeant. 
T.  A.  WALLACE,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 
J.  R.  THURSTON,  promoted  Sergeant. 
W.  J.  BARRETT,  promoted  Sergeant. 
L.  E.  HOFFMANN. 
J.  W.  JACKSON. 
J.  T.  STOLL,  died. 

PRIVATES. 

S.  Adkins,  discharged,  under  age. 

A.  Austin,  died. 

J.  L.  Baker,  died. 

John  Brassell,  died. 

William  Brassell. 

Willis  Brassell,  discharged  on  account  disability. 

Benjamin  Brinson,  died. 

W.  J.  Brown,  died. 

D.  Bunch,  died. 

J.  H.  Bunch. 

J.  W.  H.  Bunch,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 

H.  Bunch,  died. 

W.  C.  Bunch,  killed  near  Atlanta,  August,  1864. 

W.  Bunch,  discharged  on  account  disability. 


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R.  B.  Bunch,  discharged,  under  age. 

R.  J.  Burriss,  died. 

W.  D.  Burriss,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 

C.  A.  Gales,  died. 
M.  Clark,  died. 

J.  M.  Crawford. 

H.  Egleson,  died. 

Henry  Fox,  died. 

J.  J.  Gigglernan,  discharged  on  account  disability. 

W.  Giggleman. 

W.  Godwin,  died. 

J.  R.  Harris,  died. 

S.  P.  Harris,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 

J.  M.  Hoffman,  killed,   Franklin,   Tenn. 

L.  E.  Hoffman,  promoted  Corporal. 

D.  H.  Hood,  died. 
J.  E.  Hood,  died. 
J.  K.  Hughes. 
Wm.  Hughes,  died. 

W.  C.  Humbert,  discharged  on  account  disability. 

W.  G.  Hux,  killed  near  Atlanta,  1864. 

J.  W.  Jackson,  promoted  Corporal. 

M.  Jackson,  died. 

Wm.  Jackson,  died. 

W.  H.  Jackson. 

J.  G.  Jones,  died. 

H.  Keller. 

J.  W.  L.  Keller. 

J.  J.  Lofton,  discharged  on  account  disability. 

E.  C.  Long,  died. 
F   Manker. 


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Robert  Mims,  died. 

Thomas  Mims,  died. 

William  Mims,  died. 

J.  Missola,  killed,  bat.  Murfreesboro'. 

M.  Mixon,  died. 

D.  V.  Mixon,  died. 

C.  Moore,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

S.  Moore,  wounded.  Jonesboro',  and  lost  his  sight. 

N.  Moore,  died. 

T.  B.  Moore,  died. 

W.  B.  Mitchum. 

Henry  J.  Orvin,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 

J.  Orvin. 

D.  D.  Owen,  discharged  on  account  disability. 
D.  T.  Owen,  died  of  wounds,  Murfreesboro'. 

J.  R.  Peagler,  died. 

Wm.  Phillips,  died. 

Wm.  Platt,  discharged,  under  age. 

W.  E.  Porcher,  discharged  on  account  of  disability. 

Peter  Pye,  died. 

J.  S.  Pye,  died. 

T.  R.  Resons,  died. 

J.  Redding,  missing,  Murfreesboro'. 

J.  A.  Rush,  died. 

M.  D.  Rush. 

D.  H.  Sanders. 

F.  T.  Sanders,  died. 

B.  J.  Scarborough,  discharged  on  account  of  disability 

A.  Schurlnight,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  22,  1864. 

J.  C.  Singletary,  killed,  Chickamauga. 

J.  T.  Stoll,  promoted  Corporal. 


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D.  Sweat. 

G.  Sweat,  died. 

S.  Sweat,  died. 

H.  J.  Taylor,  died. 

J.  Taylor,  died. 

J.  B.  Tindall,  discharged,  under  age. 

J.  G.  Wallace. 

J.  Weatherford,  discharged  on  account  of  disability. 

B.  Weatherford,  discharged  on  account  of  disability. 
J.  N.  Williams,  captured,  Missionary  Ridge. 

C.  Windham,  killed,  Chickamauga. 

S.  Whitfidd,  capt'd  Missionary  Ridge,  died  in  prison, 
J.  Winningham,  killed,  Chickamauga. 
J.  M.  Winningham,  discharged  on  account  disability, 
Samuel  Wright,  discharged  on  account  disability. 


Company  |y.  * 


CAPTAINS. 

S.  E.  McMILLAN,  not  re-elected  1862. 
A.  H.  FORD. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

A.  H.  FORD,  promoted  Captain. 

D.  J.  HARRELSON,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

D.  J.  HARRELSON,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
R.  B.  STACKHOUSE,  not  re-elected. 
T.  B.  RUSS,  wounded,  Atlanta,  July  22d,  died  1862. 
W.  H.  GILES,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

T.  B.  RUSS,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

SERGEANTS. 

D.  D.  McDUFFIE,  promoted  First  Lieutenant  Co.  G. 
T.  A.  SMITH,  mustered  out,  over  age. 
N.  C.  MURPHY,  promoted  Second  Lieut.  Co.  F. 
W.  H.  MUNNERLYN,  promoted  Second  Lieut.Co.  D. 
A.  N.  SMITH. 
W.  D.  COLEMAN.  - 
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CORPORALS. 

H.  LEE,  discharged. 

T.  B.  HAYS,  discharged. 

L.  W.  MILLER,  died  on    march    from    Georgetown 

to  Charleston. 

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D.  F.  COLLINS,  died  in  hospital,  Georgetown. 

A.  N.  SMITH,  promoted  Sergeant. 

W.  D.  COLEMAN,  promoted  Sergeant. 

T.  H.  JOHNSON. 

D.  N.  McCALL. 

A.  W.  McINTYRE. 

PRIVATES. 

J.  A.  Adkinson. 

B.  F.  Adkinson. 

W.  D.  Aymet,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

Wm.  Barber,  captured,  Kentucky. 

J.  A.  Boatright. 

S.  Benjamin,  mustered  out,  under  age. 

G.  R.  W.  Brown,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 

R.  M.  Brown,  died. 

J.  L.  Brown,  died. 

L.  Brown,  died. 

W.  Brown. 

E.  Brogdon,  discharged. 

A.  J.  Collins,  died. 

J.  D.  Collins,  died. 

R.  Collins,  wounded,  Chickamauga, 

S.  Collins,  wounded,  Missionary  Ridge. 

J.  G.  Collins,  died. 

G.  F.  Campbell,  died. 


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J.  L.  Carmichael,  wounded,  Franklin,  died. 

D.  C.  Cameron,  mustered  out,  under  age. 
Jesse  Coleman. 

H.  Crocker,  died. 

A.  Deaver,  lost  leg  at  Murfreesboro*. 
L.  Flowers. 

M.  M.  Ferguson,  detached,  hospital  nurse. 

B.  A.  Flowers. 

B.  Flowers,  died.    , 

N.  Flowers,  died. 

A.  E.  Gregg. 

Wm.  Gregg. 

R.  VV.  Gregg,  mustered  out,  under  age. 

A.  J.  Giles. 

J.  B.  Giles,  died. 

W.  H.  Giles,  promoted  Second  Sergeant. 

G.  W.  Harrelson,  died. 

H.  Hertz,  discharged  as  Prussian  subject. 

E.  Holder. 
J.  Holder. 

J.  M.  Horn,  died. 

T.  Huggins. 

A.  H.  Huggins,  died. 

N.  C.  Huggins,  killed,  Nashville. 

J.  Huggins. 

Amy  W.  Jasper,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 

G.  T.  James. 

T.  H.  Johnson,  promoted  Corporal. 

A.  P.  Johnson,  wounded  battle  of  Murfreesboro' 

G.  W.  Johnson,  wounded. 

J.  Lane,  mustered  out,  under  age. 


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G.  W.  Lane,  transferred. 

B.  F.  Lambert,  discharged. 

P.  L.  Meares,  died. 

N.  Miller. 

James  Miller. 

Thompson  Miller. 

J.  Middleton,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

J.  B.  Murphy. 

D.  N.  McCall,  promoted  Corporal: 

J.  McCall,  killed,  Bentonsville. 

A.  McDaniel,  died. 

W.  W.  Mclntyre,  promoted  Corporal. 

W.  T.  McKenxie,  discharged. 

A.  Nance,  discharged. 

N,  R.  Owens. 

A.  Page,  wounded,  Resaca. 

J.  C.  Price,  wounded,  Chickamauga. 

B.  T.  Price,  wounded. 

F.  M.  Richardson,  died. 
J.  G.  Richardson. 

W.  II.  Rogers,  captured  Missionary  Ridge. 

J.  D.  Rogers. 

T.  Sawyer. 

H.  S.  Clark,  discharged,  Prussian  subject. 

J.  Snipes,  killed,  Franklin. 

G.  W.  Smith,  transferred  to  Gregg's  Battery. 
J.  F.  Smith. 

W.  T.  Stephens,  mustered  ort,  under  age. 

J.  T.  Shelly. 

W.  P.  Sweet,  died. 

W.  Tabler,  captured. 


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W.  M.  Thompson,  killed,  Murfreesboro'. 

S.  B.  Wall. 

G.  W.  Waller. 

W.  J.  Wallace,  captured  in  Kentucky. 

J.  B.  Wiggins,  died. 


Company 


CAPTAINS. 


WM.  J.  TAYLOR,  not  re-elected,  1862. 
J.  P*  BESSANT,  resigned,  1863. 
W.  C.  DuBOIS. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANTS. 

WM.  R.  GRAHAM,  not  re-elected,  1862,  died. 
E.  D.  RICHARDSON,  resigned,  1863. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANTS. 

WM.   M.   BENTON,  not  re-elected,  1862. 

JAS.  F.   MOLLOY,  not  re-elected,  1862. 

W.  C.  DuBOIS,  promoted  Captain. 

WM.  CANNON,  resigned. 

HENRY  SHAW,  captured,  Atlanta,  July  28th. 

J.  C.  INiMAN,  killed,  Atlanta,  July  22d. 

FIRST    SERGEANTS. 

J.   P.   BESSANT,  promoted  Captain. 

SERGEANTS. 

E.  D.  RICHARDSON,  promoted  First  Lieutenant. 
ISAAC  B.   HARDEE,  died,  Barbourville,  Ky.,  1863, 
WM.   CANNON,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 
WM.   McANGE,  died,  Miss.,  1862. 


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CORPORALS. 

JOSEPH  M.  KING. 

S.  B.   RHUARK,  wounded,  Murfreesboro'. 

S.  J.  CRAWFORD,  died,  1862. 

T.  M.  OWENS. 

W.  C.  DuBOIS,  promoted  Second  Lieutenant. 

ISAAC  CANNON. 

PRIVATES. 

D.  T.  Allen. 

James  Allan,  leg  amputated,  Atlanta,  1864. 

J.  T.  Anderson. 

S.  W.  Baxley. 

C.  M.  Barker. 

M.  G.  Barker,  left  sick,  Tazewell,  Ky.,  died. 

G.  B.  Barker,  died  in  Miss. 

M.  M.  Barker. 

C.  N.  Baker. 

E.  S.  Baker. 
Isaac  Barnhill. 

R.  J.  Barnhill,  died  at  Barbourville,  Ky.,  1863. 

W.  W.  Barnhill. 

Casvvell  Blake,  died,  1862. 

J.  J.Blake,  died,  1862. 

T.  P.  Brown. 

Wm.   H.  Bryant,  died  in  Miss. 

J.  B.  Bruton. 

W.  R.  Caulder,  missing,  on   retreat  from  Shelbyville. 

Joseph  Caps. 

C.  H.  Causey. 

C.  W.  Cox. 


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Wm.  M.  Cox. 

D.  H.Crawford. 

H.  A.  Duncan,  died,  1862. 

Peter  J.  Elks. 

Wm.  D.  Ellis,  died. 

Wm.  H.  Floyd. 

Wm.  Floyd. 

Alex.  Gasque,  left  sick  at  Tazewell,  Ky.,  died 

Cortenus  Gore. 

C.  Hammontry. 

I.  O.  D.  Hardee,  died,  Miss.,  1862. 

B.  Hardwick. 

J.  A.  Hendrick. 

Washington  Herring. 

Ira  G.  Hux. 

John  W.   Hux. 

Thos.  A.  Joiner,  died,  1862. 

I.  B.  Jordan,  killed  on  picket,  Atlanta,  1864. 

W.  J.  Jordan,  killed  on  picket,  Atlanta,  1864. 

Ervin  Johnson. 

Joseph  Johnson. 

J.  T.  Jones. 

S.  S.  Jones. 

J.  J.  Lewis,  killed  Nashville,  Tenn.,  1864. 

W.  H.  Lewis. 

Giles  Lee. 

Robert  Livingston. 

J.  F.  McCall. 

J.  H.  McDaniels,  died. 

J.  H.  Owens. 

J.  A.  Owens. 


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Isaac  Patrick. 
Noah  Patrick. 

A.  M.  Pierce,  died  at  Cornith,  Miss.,  1862. 
James  Prince,  died  at  Cornith,  Miss.,  1862. 
G.  C.  Rabon. 

S.  H.  Sarvis. 
Enoch  Stevens,  died. 
J.  W.  Stevens,  died. 
Hugh  Stevens,  died. 

B.  F.  Shackelford. 
James  Skipper. 
Reddick  Skipper. 
Solomon  Skipper. 
Solomon  J.  Smith,  died. 
Daniel  Shelly. 
Wesley  Tharp. 

Wingate  Tharp,  died,  1862. 

A.  P.  Thompson. 

Hugh  Thompson. 

W.  S.  Thompson. 

J.  D.  Thomas. 

J.  E.  Todd,  wounded. 

J.  J.  Vereen,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro',  Tenn.,  1862. 

W.  J.  Vereen,  wounded  at  Murfreesboro',  Tenn.,  1862. 

R.  C.  Wilson,  died. 


SKETCH 


OF    THE 


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SO.  CA.  VOLUNTEERS, 


C.  S.  P.  ARMY 


SKETCH 


TENTH  REGIMENT, 

SO.  CA.  VOLUNTEERS, 

C.    S.    P.    ARMY. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ORGANIZATION    OF    THE    REGIMENT. 

The  bill  to  organize  a  force  for  State  defence 
passed  by  the  Legislature  of  South  Carolina 
near  the  end  of  December,  1860,  divided  the 
State  into  ten  districts,  in  each  of  which 
one  regiment  was  to  be  formed  from  the  ten 
companies  first  offering  their  services  to  the 
Governor.  The  numbers  of  these  regiments 
were  thus  geographical,  and  did  not  represent 
the  order  of  their  formation.  The  district  from 
which  the  loth  Regiment  was  to  be  formed 

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embraced    Horry,    Marion,    Georgetown,   Wil- 
liamsburg,  and  part  of  Charleston  District,  and 


its  organization,  May  3ist,  1861,  was  completed 
by  the  election  of  the  following  field  officers  : 
Colonel,  A.  M.  Manigault;  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
J.  F.  Pressley;  Major,  Richard  G.  White.  The 
appointment  of  the  following  staff  soon  rol- 
lowed  :  Capt.  C.  I.  Walker,  Adjutant  ;*  Q.pt. 
B.  H.  Wilson,  Quartermaster;  Capt.  T.  Nelson 
Britton,  Commissary  ;  Dr.  P.  P.  Bonneau,  Sur 
geon  ;  Dr.  J.  P.  Cain,  Assistant  Surgeon  ;  Rev. 
W.  T.  Capers,  Chaplain  ;  W.  E.  Huger,  Ser-  , 
geant-Major;  G.  F.  B.  Leigh  ton,  Quartermaster- 
Sergeant  ;  R.  H.  Kimball,  Commissary-Sergeant ; 
W.  S.  Nurse,  Hospital  Steward;  J.  H.  Johnson, 
Ordinance  Sergeant. 

The  companies  were  : 

Company  A,  Georgetown  Rifle  Guards. 
,  (Georgetown,)  Capt.  Plowden  C.  J.  Weston. 

Company  B,  Brooks  Guards,  (Horry,)  Capt. 
J.  H.  Norman. 

Company  C,  Lake  Swamp  Volunteers,  (Hor 
ry,)  Capt.  A.  H.  Johnson. 

Company  — ,  Wee  Nee  Volunteers,  (Wil- 
liamsburg,)  Capt.  R.  M.  Gourdin. 

Company  E,  Black  Mingo  Rifle  Guards, 
(Williamsburg,)  Capt.  J.  F.  Carraway. 

*Under  this   Bill  Adjutants  had  the  rank  of  Captain. 


Company  F,  Pee  Dee  Rangers,  (Marion,) 
Capt.  E.  Miller, 

Company  H,  Liberty  Volunteers,  (Williams- 
burg,)  Capt.  J.  H.  Nettles. 

Company  — ,  Carvers  Bay  Palmetto  Rifle 
Guards,  (Georgetown,)  Capt.  Wm.  McAnge. 

Company  — ,  Capt.  George. 

Company  — ,  Coast  Guards,  (Charleston,) 
Capt.  DuPre. 

Company  K,  Eutaw  Volunteers,  (Charles 
ton,)  Capt.  Julius  T.  Porcher. 

The  Regiment  with  the  exception  of  the 
Coast  Guards  and  Company  K,  (which  last  was 
ordered  to  Bull's  Bay,)  assembled  in  Camp  of 
Instruction  at  Camp  Marion,  White's  Bridge, 
near  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  July  iQth,  1861. 

Capt.  George's  Company  reported  in  such 
disorganization,  that  Col.  Manigault  declined 
to  receive  it  and  it  returned  home. 

In  August  the  Regiment  was  transferred  to 
the  Confederate  Government.  Having  been 
formed  for  state  service  a  new  enlistment  was 
made  for  service  wherever  the  larger  demands 
of  the  Southern  Confederacy  might  require. 
Those  Companies  and  men  who  were  unable 
to  assume  these  larger  responsibilities,  were  al 
lowed  to  retire,  and  the  Regiment  lost  the  ser- 


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vices  of  Maj.  White,  the  Wee  Nee  Volunteers, 
Carver's  Bay  P.  R.  Guards,  Coast  Guards,  and 
some  few  men  from  all  the  companies.  Their 
places  were  promptly  supplied.  First  Lieut.  A. 
J.  Shaw,  Company  A,  was  promoted  Major,  all 
his  superior  officers  waiving  rank.  The  place 
of  the  retiring  Companies  was  filled  by- 
Company  D,  Marion  Voluntees,  (Marion,) 
Capt.  Z.  Godbold. 

Company  I,  Swamp  Fox  Guards,  (Marion,) 
Capt.  H.  M.  Lofton. 

The  Regiment  was  further  augmented  by  the 
following  Companies : 

In  September,  1861,  Company  G,  Horry 
Rough  and  Ready's,  (Horry,}  Capt.  Sam'l  Bell. 

In  November,  1861,  Company  L,  Liberty 
Guards,  (Marion,)  Capt.  S.  E.  McMillan  ;  Com 
pany  M,  (Horry,)  Capt.  W.  M.  Taylor. 

The  total  number  of  Companies  was  twelve. 

This  period  was  devoted  to  moulding  the 
raw  recruits,  whose  only  military  qualifications 
were  vigorous  physiques,  undaunted  courage, 
devoted  patriotism,  into  trained  and  disciplined 
soldiers.  The  regiment  was  fortunate  in  hav 
ing  several  companies  which  came  to  it  well 
drilled  and  whose  example  was  of  great  ser 
vice.  But  beyond  the  earnest,  patriotic  spirit, 


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which  pervaded  all  ranks,  to  learn  as  speedily 
and  thoroughly  as  possible  the  lesson  of  the 
hour,  and  the  influence  of  an  officer  at  its  head 
who  came  to  us  with  the  experience  and  laurels 
of  Mexico,  the  regiment  is  indebted,  like  many 
others,  for  its  excellence  in  drill  and  discipline, 
to  the  South  Carolina  Military  Academy.  Sev 
eral  of  its  officers  had  the  training  of  this 
State  School — and  during  their  vacation,  giving 
up  the  rare  treat  of  a  visit  home,  Cadets  W.  B. 
McKee,  L.  R.  Starke,  M.  S.  Elliott,  A.  Doty,  Jr., 
J.  M.  Taylor,  Jno.  C.  Neill,  generously  devoted 
their  tacticial  knowledge  to  the  benefit  of  the 
Regiment. 

These  influences  moulded  the  plastic  mate 
rial  into  that  splendidly  drilled  and  disciplined 
regiment  which  attracted  so  much  attention 
when  it  entered  the  army  of  Mississippi  at 
Corinth.  On  one  occasion,  at  Tupelo,  Miss., 
General  Bragg  having  stopped,  as  he  fre 
quently  did,  to  witness  the  drill  of  the  regi 
ment,  sent  a  staff  officer  to  compliment  it  and 
give  thanks  for  the  pleasure  the  drill  had  given 
him ;  the  only  instance  of  the  kind  occurring  in 
that  army  to  the  knowledge  of  the  writer. 

The  equipment  of  the  regiment  was — well — 
excellent  for  those  days,  when  courage  was. 
esteemed  of  more  value  than  long  range 


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rifles.  Companies  A,  B,  E,  and  K,  uniformed 
themselves  and  the  Government  furnished  the 
other  Companies  with  good  serviceable  uni 
forms.  We  had  all  the  tents  and  such  camp 
equipage,  &c.,  &c.,  as  was  allowed  by  army 
regulations,  even  to  sealing  wax.  For  arms 
we  had  orAy  four  kinds  in  the  regiment.  Com 
pany  A,  was  armed  with  English  Enfield  Rifles, 
a  contribution  from  its  Captain.  Company  I>, 
with  the  short  heavy  Mississippi  Rifle.  Com 
pany  E,  with  Harper's  Ferry  Rifled  Muskets, 
and  the  other  Companies  with  smooth  bore 
Muskets.  The  progress  of  the  war  soon  forced 
the  musket  aside  and  the  Austrian  Rifle  was 
substituted,  but  it  was  not  until  after  the  battle 
of  Franklin,  in  November,  1864,  almost  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  that  the  regiment  was  uni 
formly  armed  with  Enfield  Rifles.  We  went 
into  the  battle  of  Murfreesboro'  with  nine  Com 
panies  armed  with  smooth  bore  Muskets,  to 
contend  with  troops  armed  with  the  most  im 
proved  weapon  of  that  day,  and  perhaps  the 
best  ever  made  for  undisciplined  troops,  the 
Enfield.  On  the  picket  line,  our  enemies 
laughed  at  us,  and  it  was  only  in  the  impetuous 
charge  and  close  quarters  of  the  battle  that  the 
patriotic  bravery  of  our  men  overcame  the 
disparity  of  arms  and  numbers. 


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Dear  old  Camp  Marion  —  and  those  dress 
parades — Company  "Number"  C,  dressing  up 
to  its  place — the  wives,  daughters,  sweethearts, 
and  friends  looking  admiring  on  to  make  each 
one  of  us  do  his  best,  and  our  negro  band 
marching  down  the  line  to  the  tune  of  "Walk  in 
the  Light," — and  the  Colonel's  two  setters — and 
then  the  chat  with  our  friends  in  the  cool  twi 
light  after  parade.  And  guard  mounting,  and 
Sunday  mornings'  inspection  and  church  service 
under  the  bush  arbor  conducted  by  our  elo 
quent  Chaplain.  How  anxious  we  all  were  to 
exchange  all  this  for  more  active  service  in  the 
field,  and  how  gladly  would  we  have  gone  back 
to  the  dear  old  spot  after  we  had  tasted  the 
delights  (?)  of  real  army  life. 

The  fortifications  at  the  entrance  of  Winyah 
Bay,  were  garrisoned  during  the  summer  as 
follows :  Maj.  A.  J.  Shaw  in  command ;  South 
Island,  Company  E ;  North  Island,  Company 
D,  and  during  the  fall,  Company  H  was  sent  to 
South  Island,  and  Company  F  to  the  Cat  Island 
Fort.  On  the  i5th  and  i6th  December,  1861, 
the  Regiment  was  concentrated  here — Com 
panies  A,  E,  H,  and  K,  at  South  Island  ;  Com 
panies  B  and  F,  at  Cat  Island  Fort ;  Company 
D,  at  North  Island ;  Companies  C,  G,  I,  L, 
and  M,  at  Cat  Island  near  the  South  Island 


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Causeway.  Comfortable  winter  quarters  were 
erected.  Here  we  went  through  typhoid  fever, 
measels,  mumps,  &c.,  a  course  of  sickness 
which  few  regiments  escaped.  The  sickness 
was  so  general,  that  at  times  it  was  hard  to  find 
well  men  enough  to  nurse  the  sick  and  do  the 
necessary  guard  duty.  But  spring  brought 
health,  and  when  the  order  came  to  dismantle 
the  forts  and  move  to  Charleston,  the  Regiment 
was  in  spenclid  condition.  Arriving  at  Ml:. 
Pleasant,  near  Charleston,  after  a  few  days' 
march,  we  went  into  camp  (Camp  Ton).  Her^ 
the  Regiment  re-enlisted  under  the  bounty  act 
for  three  years  or  the  war,  and  one-third  of  the 
men  were  granted  furloughs.  This  was  before 
the  passage  of  the  Conscript  Act.  The  fur- 
loughed  men  had  only  partially  started,  when 
the  order  came  sending  us  to  reinforce  Beaure- 
gard  at  Corinth,  Miss.;  the  furloughs  were  at 
once  relinquished,  the  men  returning  to  their 
colors,  and  the  Regiment  departed  for  that  long 
absence  from  their  State,  from  which  one-half 
never  returned,  and  those  who  did,  only  after 
three  years  glorious  service  in  defending  our 
sister  States. 

Never  can  we  forget  the  noble  ardor  which 
pervaded  all  ranks,  when  the  Regiment  em 
barked  for  active  service.  It  was  a  slander  to 


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say  of  these  men,  that  they  were  merely  the 
defenders  of  negro  slavery.  They  were  true 
patriots,  who,  at  the  call  of  their  State,  in  de 
fence  of  her  liberty,  went  forth  to  risk  all — 
comfort,  property,  life,  in  response  to  the  high 
est  feeling  of  public  duty.  Taught  from  their 
cradles  to  give  allegiance  first  to  South  Caro 
lina,  they  lived,  fought,  died  devoted  sons  of 
hers,  and  like  their  forefathers  of  1776,  gloried 
in  the  name  of  Rebel,  when  in  rebellion  against 
oppression  and  tyranny;  when  Rebels  in  de 
fence  of  the  dearest  rights  of  freemen. 


CHAPTER     II. 

ACTIVE    SERVICE    COMMENCES. 

On  the  1 2th  April,  1862,  the  Regiment  started 
from  Charleston,  passing  through  Augusta,  At 
lanta,  Montgomery,  and  Mobile,  arrived  April 
25th  and  26th  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  where  Beau- 
regard  was  being  heavily  reinforced  after  Shi- 
loh.  Every  where  along  the  route  the  wildest 
enthusiasm  prevailed,  and  we  went  to  the  front 
encouraged  by  the  smiles  and  blessings  of  the 
women,  who  were  afterwards  called  to  bear 
even  more  than  the  men,  the  privations  and 
anxieties,  if  spared  the  dangers,  of  the  war. 

We  found  Corinth  then  in  its  wet,  muddy4 
condition.  It  was  always  in  an  exaggerated 
state,  either  of  wetness  or  dryness.  We  were 
either  knee  deep  in  mud,  or  sitting  in  the  corner 
of  a  large  hole,  beside  a  smaller  one  in  the 
bottom,  waiting  for  the  water  to  spring. 

On  our  arrival  we  were  placed  in  Donald 
son's  Brigade,  but  were  soon  brigaded  with  the 
1 9th  S.  C.  Regiment,  24th,  28th,  and  34th  Ala 
bama  Regiments,  under  Brig.  Gen'l  Trapier 
and  in  Withers'  Division,  2d  Corps,  Army  of 
Mississippi.  It  was  our  good  fortune  to  be 


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associated  with  these  Regiments  during  the  en 
tire  war,  the  Brigade  being  known  afterwards 
as  Duncan's,  and  from  December,  1862,  as 
Manigault's.  It  was  commanded  nearly  the 
entire  time  by  Colonel  (afterwards  Brig.  Gen'l) 
Manigault 

On  ad  May,  the  Brigade  was  on  picket  duty 
nine  miles  in  advance  of  Corinth.  The  entire 
picket  line  of  the  army,  with  the  exception  of 
this  Brigade,  was  driven  back  some  four  miles, 
and  we  had  a  narrow  escape  from  capture,  not 
retiring  until  we  received  orders.  Work  on 
the  breastworks,  picket  duty,  fatigue  duty, 
nursing  the  sick,  burying  the  dead,  was  our 
daily  work,  varied  only  by  some  attempts  to 
induce  the  enemy  to  attack  us  in  our  lines  and 
by  the  affair  at  Farmington.  At  last  reduced 
by  sickness  and  death,  Beauregard  found  him 
self  unable  to  hold  the  position.  The  17,000 
sick  having  been  sent  off,  stores  either  removed 
or  destroyed,  the  2Qth  May  the  army  evacuated 
Corinth  and  fell  back  to  Tupelo,  Miss.  Crowded 
into  a  restricted  space  with  a  scarcity  of  even 
bad  water,  mostly  surface  drainage,  little  fresh 
meat  and  exposure  for  the  first  time,  thousands 
in  the  army  fell  sick  and  thousands  died.  The 
loth  Regiment  had  its  share  of  the  common 
suffering,  and  often  had  not  men  enough  for 


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duty  to  respond  to  the  daily  heavy  calls.  This 
devastation  by  disease  seems  so  much  mo  *e 
terrible  than  the  carnage  of  the  battlefield. 

While  at  Corinth  the  Regiment  was  re 
organized  under  its  new  enlistment,  the  move 
having  prevented  it  before  leaving  Charleston. 
The  changes  in  the  officers  is  shown  on  the 

o 

rolls  which  accompanies  this  sketch.  The  Regi 
ment  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  the  services 
of  Major  A.  J.  Shaw.  Brave,  earnest,  consci 
entious,  a  splendid  officer  and  a  brave  man,  he 
discharged  the  duties  of  the  Majoricy  as  hon 
estly  and  as  fearlessly  as  he,  in  after  years, 
learnedly  dispensed  justice  from  the  Bench. 
He  was  sacrificed,  as  many  good  men  have 
been,  and  not  re-elected  at  the  re-organiza 
tion.  It  was  our  good  fortune,  however,  to 
possess  more  than  one  officer  in  every  manner 
qualified  to  take  his  place.  His  successful 
competitor  having  resigned,  Captain  Julius  T. 
Porcher,  Company  K,  was  promoted  Major,  his 
Senior,  Captain  Weston,  declining  the  pro 
motion. 

The  Regiment  remained  at  Tupelo  until  July 
6th,  when  it  was  moved  to  Saltillo.  The  rest, 
good  food  and  pure  water  thoroughly  recupe 
rated  all.  The  sick,  returning  from  the  hos 
pitals,  filled  our  ranks.  Constant  drilling  in 


Si 

the  evolutions  of  the  Battalion  and  Brigade 
increased  the  efficiency  and  perfected  the  disci 
pline  of  the  command.  We  were  thus  quietly 
preparing  for  the  campaign  into  Kentucky. 
July  3<Dth  we  left,  with  regret,  our  camp  at 
Saltillo  and  moved,  by  rail,  to  the  vicinity  of 
Chattanooga. 


CHAPTER    III. 

KENTUCKY    CAMPAIGN. 

Around  Chattanooga  all  was  bustle  and  pre 
paration  for  the  march  into  Kentucky.  This 
expedition  appeared  to  be  a  political  rather 
than  a  military  movement.  Kentucky  had  a 
place  in  the  Confederate  Congress  and  it  was 
supposed  that  only  the  occupation  of  the  State 
by  the  enemy  prevented  her  contributing  her 
quota  to  the  Confederate  Army.  If,  therefore, 
our  army  could  advance  and  give  her  people 
the  opportunity  of  joining  us,  our  ranks  would 
be  swelled  by  thousands  and  the  army  be 
sufficiently  large  to  maintain  its  foothold  in  the 
State.  The  Confederate  arms  were  carried  in 
victory  to  the  banks  of  the  Ohio,  but  there  was 
no  uprising  of  the  people.  The  sentiment  had 
been  miscalculated  and  the  expedition  failed. 
It  was  a  bold  venture  and  in  spite  of  the  disap 
pointments,  if  Van  Corn  had  not  been  repulsed 
at  Corinth  and  prevented  from  co-operating,  it 
would,  in  all  human  probabilities,  have  proved 
a  complete  military  success.  It  was  a  grand 
success,  for  when  the  campaign  opened,  the 
Federals  held  possession  of  all  Tennessee, 


North  Alabama,  North  Mississippi  and  North 
Georgia,  while  at  its  close  all  this  territory'  had 
been  brought  within  the  Confederate  lines.  For 
the  credit  of  General  Bragg  be  it  said  that  he 
was  the  only  Confederate  Army  Commander 
who  never  lost  a  foot  of  Confederate  territory 
which  he  had  not  previously  recovered  from 
the  enemy. 

August  25th,  1862,  the  Regiment  crossed  the 
Tennessee  River  at  Harrison's  Landing,  and  on 
the  3Oth  started  on  the  march  via  Smith's  Cross 
Roads,  across  Waldron's  Ridge,  a  spur  of  the 
Cumberland  Mountains,  through  the  beautiful 
Sequatchie  Valley,  over  the  Cumberland  Moun 
tains,  on  to  the  Cumberland  River,  which  was 
reached  at  the  quaint  old  town  of  Gainsboro'. 
Fording  the  river,  we  moved  on  to  Sparta, 
where  we  assumed  light  marching  equipment, 
by  storing  away  our  knapsacks  and  putting  a 
change  of  under-clothing  in  our  blankets,  slung 
across  our  shoulders. 

We  entered  Kentucky  at  Tompkinsville, 
moved  to  Glasgow  and  went  with  the  Brigade 
to  cut  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad  at 
Proctor's  Station.  This  accomplished,  we  moved 
forward  to  participate  in  the  capture  of  Mum- 
fordsville.  The  loth  being  in  advance  of  the 
Brigade,  we  drove  in  die  enemies  pickets  and 


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took  up  our  position,  from  which  we  were  re 
lieved  during  the  day  and  sent  further  to  the 
right.  That  night,  September  iSth,  we  slept 
on  our  arms.  Bragg  having  completed  the  in 
vestment  of  the  town,  the  garrison  surrendered 
during  the  night. 

On  the  2oth  September,  we  were  again  on 
the  move,  pushing  on  day  and  night,  with  tie 
north  star  still  in  front  of  us,  to  cheer  us  during 
the  weary  night  marches.  On  the  22d  we  made 
twenty-five  miles,  and  during  the  last  fifty-five 
hours  had  marched  fifty  miles.  The  army  now 
hurried  to  the  northeast  through  Harrodsbtirg 
and  Bardstown,  to  effect  a  junction  with  Kirby 
Smith's  column,  which  had  advanced  from  Cum 
berland  Gap.  The  road  being  thus  open,  Buell 
passed  on  to  Louisville,  collected  a  large  army 
and  advanced  on  Bragg,  nearly  surrounding 
him.  The  battle  of  Perryville  checked  him  and 
enabled  Bragg  to  make  his  escape,  and  we 
commenced  the  memorable  retreat  from  Ken 
tucky.  Memorable  from  its  hardships,  bravely 
borne  by  all,  and  for  the  generalship  which 
saved  our  little  army  from  a  foe  nearly  three 
times  as  large. 

We  passed  through  Crab  Orchard,  Mt.  Ver- 
non,  London,  Bartonsville,  and,  2Oth  October 
through  Cumberland  Gap,  and  the  24th  Octo- 


her  reached  camp  at  Knoxville,  having  marched 
1 68  miles  in  twelve  days,  including  all  delays  in 
checking  the  enemy  when  rear  guard,  and  help 
ing  along  the  wagons  when  impeded  by  the 
mountainous  country  through  which  we  passed. 

The  suffering  for  want  of  food  was  great. 
Often  did  the  hungry  Confederate  gather  into 
his  haversack  the  dirt  where  some  horse  had 
been  fed  by  the  roadside,  to  sift  out,  when 
reaching  camp,  for  the  few  grains  of  corn  which 
it  contained.  Parched  corn  was  for  days  the 
staple  diet  of  all,  from  private  to  Major-General. 
We  reached  Knoxville  footsore,  scantily  clad, 
hungry,  and  we  luxuriated  there  on  full  rations, 
rest  and  a  plenteous  supply  of  clothing,  sent  us 
by  the  ladies  of  Carolina.  The  Confederate 
soldier  soon  "felt  his  oats,"  and  it  did  not  re 
quire  many  days  of  such  treatment  to  make 
him  ready  to  fight  again. 

Worn  down  by  the  fatigues  of  the  campaign, 
Capt.  Plowden  C.  J.  Weston  left  us,  never  to  re 
turn.  "  His  age,  pursuits,  and  responsibilities, 
might  fairly  have  excused  him  from  service  in 
the  field,  and  his  wealth  would  easily  have  pur 
chased  him  a  retreat,  or  secured  far  him  a  posi 
tion  of  ease  and  immunity  from  hardship^  and 
danger. 

"  To  prevent  his  return  to  the  army,  his  ad- 
9 


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miring  friends  in  the  Legislature  placed  him  in 
an  official  position,  which  made  it  his  duty  to 
remain  in  the  State  ;  and  before  the  war  ended 
he  succumbed  to  his  disease,  and  yielded  up  his 
life,  as  much  a  victim  of  the  war  as  those  who 
fell  by  shot  and  shell. 

All  this  was  done  simply,  unassumingly,  as  if 
a  mere  matter  of  course,  involving  no  self- 
sacrifice.  He  thought  it  shame  to  withdraw 
any  of  his  property  from  the  State,  but  left  it 
all  to  abide  the  fortunes  of  the  Confederacy. 

The  State  has  had  many  sons  more  distin 
guished  in  her  annals  and  in  the  field,  but  none 
whose  record  of  "  duties  well  performed,  and 
days  well  spent,"  is  more  complete  than  his, 
and  wrhen  she  shall  make  up  the  roll  of  her  tried 
and  true  sons,  few  names  will  be  inscribed 
higher  than  that  of  Plowden  Weston  !. 

His  life,  although  more  conspicuous  from  his 
position  and  surroundings,  was  but  a  type  of 
very  many  others  which  were  freely  given  for 
the  State  they  loved." 


CHAPTER  IV. 

MURFREESBORO'    CAMPAIGN. 

Again  "forward"  and  across  the  Cumber 
land  Mountains  to  occupy  Middle  Tennessee, 
regained  from  the  enemy  by  the  Kentucky  cam 
paign.  Moving  by  rail  to  Stevenson  and  thence 
by  foot  to  Tullahoma,  and  after  a  brief  stay 
there,  on  to  Murfreesboro'.  While  at  Tulla 
homa  the  novel  expedient  was  tried  of  building 
a  chimney  to  a  tent — we  had  tents  then.  The 
rash  radical  who  first  tried  the  experiment,  re 
ceived  the  usual  ridicule  which  reformers  are 
always  treated  to,  and  the  Regiment  assembled 
to  see  the  tent  consumed  when  the  fire  was 
kindled.  No  such  result  ensued,  the  inven 
tion  was  a  grand  success,  and  before  a  week 
passed,  every  tent  in  the  Brigade  possessed  a 
clay  chimney. 

Christmas  in  camp — our  first  since  leaving 
home — wras  a  merry  day.  All  ranks  were 
levelled,  and  every  one  joined  in  its  sports. 
The  country  was  ransacked  for  our  Christ 
mas  dinners — dinners  served  with  the  test 
sauce,  a  good  appetite. 

The  condition  of  the  Regiment  was  splendid. 


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We  had  all  received  new  clothes  and  full  rations, 
and  the  health  of  the  command  was  fine.  On 
loth  December  the  sick  list  was  only  15. 

Rosencrans  very  considerately  allowed  due 
time  for  our  Christmas  dinners  to  digest,  before 
advancing  from  Nashville.  But  on  the  28th 
we  were  moved  out  to  our  position  in  line  for 
the  battle  of  Murfreesboro'.  Withers'  Division 
was  posted  on  the  left  centre,  Manigault's  Brig 
ade  on  the  left  centre  of  the  Division,  and  the 
loth  Regiment  on  the  right  of  the  Brigade. 
Col.  Manigault  was  in  command  of  the  Brigade 
and  Lieut.  Col.  Pressley  of  the  Regiment. 

Murfreesboro'  was  a  gentlemanly  fight — tac- 
ticially  as  well  as  stragetically.  Our  cavalry  being 
duly  driven  in,  the  Yankee  cavalry  attacked  our 
infantry  pickets,  were  repulsed,  and  the  ene 
mies  pickets  increasing  their  pickets  to  a  line, 
drove  our  pickets  slowly  back  and  endeavored 
to  develope  our  main  line,  which  we  prevented 
by  an  increase  of  our  picket  strength.  Now 
came  the  battle.  His  right  being  protected  by 
Stone  River,  Braver  extended  and  strengthened 

oo  o 

his  left,  assuming  the  offensive  at  day  break  on 
the  last  day  of  1862.  He  moved  to  the  at 
tack  by  Brigades  in  eschelon  from  the  left, 
surprising  the  enemy  and  driving  his  right 
wing  from  every  position.  Rosencrans  formed 


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a  second  line  along  the  Nolensville  Pike, 
almost  at  right  angles  to  his  former  line, 

o  o 

which  checked  the  Confederates  long  enough 
to  enable  him  to  form  his  reserves  and  left 
wing  in  line  on  the  Nashville  Pike,  behind 
nearly  all  his  artillery,  concentrated  on  a  most 
commanding  position. 

The  line  of  the  Nolensville  Pike  was  carried, 
and  the  Confederates  pushed  on  through  the 
cedar  thicket,  out  to  the  open  plain  swept 
by  over  a  hundred  guns.  Our  victorious  left 
wing  being  too  much  weakened  by  the  two 
hard  fights  to  attack  this  position,  the  troops 
of  our  right  wing  were  thrown  in,  charged 
gallantly,  but  only  to  be  repulsed — the  po 
sition  was  too  strong.  The  day  closed  with 
the  enemy  occupying  their  last  position  on 
the  hill,  and  the  weary  Confederates  in  the 
cedar  thicket  at  its  foot,  with  their  right 
wing  crossing  the  Nashville  Pike  and  protect 
ing  Murfreesboro'. 

Such  is  the  outline  of  our  first  general  engage- 

o  &     & 

ment.  Now  to  the  part  the  loth  Regiment  took 
in  it.  When  the  Yankee  cavalry  first  attacked 
our  line,  they  struck  to  the  right  of  Company  A. 
which  was  on  the  right  of  our  Brigade  pickets, 
The  picket  line  on  our  right  had  been  re 
adjusted  just  before,  leaving  a  gap  and  through 


9o 

this,  a  squadron  of  cavalry  rode  in.  Capt. 
C.  C.  White  hearing  of  the  gap,  had  gone  to 
the  right  of  his  Company  to  arrange  it,  was 
surrounded  and  captured  with  the  two  right 
groups  of  his  pickets.  Leaving  a  Lieutenant 
and  squad  in  charge  of  these  disarmed  Con 
federates,  the  squadron  dashed  in  to  the  rear 
of  the  line.  Seeing  the  Lieutenant  tremulous, 
Capt.  White  in  his  stentorian  voice  commanded 
"  Company  A,  rally  on  the  right."  Rallying, 
they  hesitated  to  shoot  for  fear  of  wounding 
their  friends.  "  Never  mind  us,  fire  !  "  came 
from  Capt.  White,  and  grappling  their  capto -s, 
the  prisoners  secured  them,  regained  their  arms 
and  rejoined  their  Company.* 

Company  A  promptly  changed  front  to  meet 
the  squadron ;  Company  B  closed  up,  and  the 
cavalry  was  driven  off.  Col.  Pressley,  Brigade 
officer  of  the  day,  arrived  on  the  ground  with 
Company  C.  Another  charge  from  a  fresh 
squadron,  which  was  handsomely  repulsed,  and 
the  Yankee  cavalry  had  enough,  having  lost 
one  Major  and  thirteen  men  killed,  besides 
one  Major  and  many  men  wounded  and  some 
prisoners. 

On  the  3Oth,  the  picket  fight  amounted  almost 


*Capt.  White  was  then  ist  Lieutenant  Commanding,  and  was  promoted 
Captain  on  the  field  for  distinguished  gallantry. 


to  a  battle.  Early  in  the  morning  the  Federal 
infantry  began  pressing  forward,  and  gradually 
driving  in  our  picket  line,  until  about  3  P.  M., 
it  was  only  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  yards 
from  the  main  line  of  battle.  A  determined 
effort  by  the  Federal  infantry  and  artillery  to 
drive  them  into  the  line  and  develope  it,  was 
frustrated  by  an  equally  determined  stand.  At 
one  time  it  required  more  than  half  the  Regi 
ment  on  its  picket  line. 

The  enemy  now  established  his  main  line 
about  500  yards  from  ours,  not  so  near  in  the 
days  of  smooth  bore  muskets  as  it  now  seems. 
Confident  in  their  strength,  they  lighted  their 
fires  at  nightfall,  prepared  their  suppers  and 
passed  the  camp  joke,  within  our  sight  and 
hearing.  On  our  line  silence  and  darkness 
reigned,  we  spoke  only  in  a  whisper  and  not  a 
fire  or  liqrht  was  to  be  seen,  During  the  night 

o  o  o 

the  orders  for  the  next  day  were  received. 

Before  day  break  on  the  3ist  we  quietly 
took  our  places  in  ranks  and  calmly  awaited 
the  signal  to  move.  The  roar  of  musketry  is 
now  heard  on  the  extreme  left — nearer  and 
nearer  it  rolls  down  the  line,  amid  the  victori 
ous  cheers  of  the  Confederates.  Forward  goes 
the  34th  Alabama,  the  28th  Alabama,  the  24th 
Alabama.  The  iQth  South  Carolina  moves  up 


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and  the  loth  wheels  into  position.  The  move 
ment  being  on  the  right  of  the  loth  Regiment 
as  a  pivot,  neither  the  loth  or  iQth  South  Caro 
lina  were  advanced  very  much,  but  they  re 
ceived  a  heavy  fire.  Success  has  covered  the 
movement.  The  batteries  which  annoyed  us  in 
the  picket  fight  of  the  day  before,  are  now 
within  our  lines.  The  enemy  has  disappeared 
from  our  front  and  we  move  up  to  find  him. 
A  battery  on  the  Nolensville  Pike  shows  the 
position  of  the  foe.  Manigault  is  told  that  it  is 
unsupported  and  ordered  to  capture  it.  The 
loth  South  Carolina  Regiment,  supported  by 
the  i  Qth  South  Carolina,  is  detailed  for  the 
work.  Pushing  vigorously  through  the  cedars, 
they  drive  in  the  pickets,  the  picket  reserve 
one  line  of  battle  and  find  the  battery  on  the 
far  side  of  the  Pike,  on  a  hill,  with  two  high 
rail  fences  in  its  front.  The  fire  of  the  Yankee 
line  is  concentrated  on  the  two  Regiments. 
They  halt  under  the  shelter  of  the  trees  and 
rocks,  and  pour  in  a  disastrous  fire.  Now  only 
one  gun  of  the  battery  is  replying,  the  remain 
der  are  manned  only  by  the  dead  and  dying. 
But  the  terrible  concentrated  fire  is  almost  too 
much  for  the  gallant  Carolinians.  A  shout  is 
heard  in  the  rear.  The  Brigades  moves  up  to 
our  support.  Anderson  on  the  right  moves 


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victoriously  forward,  the  Tennesseans  on  our 
left  advance  and  the  enemy  now  pressed  on 
all  sides,  gives  way,  and  we  follow,  sweeping 
over  the  battery  captured  by  the  South  Caro 
lina  Regiments.  Through  the  cedar  thicket  to 
the  West  of  the  Pike  we  press  in  hot  haste  and 
debouch  on  the  open  field.  The  very  earth 
now  quakes  with  the  thunder  of  Rosencrans' 
concentrated  artillery.  The  air  seems  filled  with 
crashing,  bursting  shells.  The  tried  Confede 
rates  waver,  halt,  reform  at  the  edge  of  the 
wood,  too  weak  to  carry  this  last  position  of 
the  enemy.  The  sharp  rattle  of  musketry  is 
heard  to  our  right.  Breckenridge's  Division, 
fresh  from  the  right,  attacks  the  hill,  but  is 
driven  back.  Gradually  the  fire  ceases,  at  dark 
the  pickets  are  thrown  out,  our  lines  adjusted, 
details  made  to  carry  off  the  wounded  and  bury 
the  dead,  and  we  sleep  on  our  arms. 

We  pass  over  the  horrors  of  that"  night.  The 
mourninor  over  lost  friends,  the  counting  of  va- 

o  o 

cant  places,  all  around  us  the  mangled  bodies  of 
the  slain  and  from  the  ground  between  the 
picket  lines  comes  the  piteous,  heart-rending 
cries  of  the  wounded  and  dying.  Our  litter 
bearers  venturing  out  to  relieve  the  sufferings 

o  o 

of  the  wounded  enemy  (for  nearly  all  those 
who  fell  here  were  Yankees)  were  driven  away 


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from  their  godly  labor  by  the  fire  of  the  enemies 
pickets. 

For  the  next  three  days  we  remained  in  the 
same  position  and  not  further  engaged,  as  we 
took  no  part  in  the  fight  on  the  right.  Exhaus 
tion  and  exposure  to  the  dreadful  weather  were 
telling  on  the  army.  The  river  in  our  rear 
was  rapidly  rising  and  becoming  unfordable,  so 
on  the  night  of  the  3d  January,  1863,  Bragg 
quietly  fell  back  to  the  line  of  Duck  river,  the 
Camp  of  Manigault's  Brigade  being  near  Shel- 
byville,  Tenn. 

The  loss  of  the  Reo-iment  was  1 18  killed  and 
& 

wounded.  The  battery  of  Napolean  Guns,  cap 
tured  by  the  loth  and  iQth  South  Carolina  Regi 
ments,  was  given  to  them  by  General  Bragg, 
"for  brilliant  deeds  on  the  battlefield  of  Mur- 
freesboro,"  inscribed  with  the  names  of  four 
of  the  gallant  dead,  and  to  be  presented  by  the 
two  Regiments  to  General  Beauregard,  com 
manding  the  Department  of  South  Carolina,  as 
a  trophy  of  the  battle.  The  captured  Battery 
was  sent  to  him  under  an  escort  detailed  for 
their  distinguished  gallantry  in  the  action, 
The  following  is  General  B  rage's  address 

£>  OO 

to  the  Army  after  the  battle: 


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HEAD-QUARTERS.    ARMY   OF  TENNESSEE, 

WINCHESTER, 
Soldi  en  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee  : 


ARMY   OF  TENNESSEE,  "| 
*,  January  8th,  1863.       ) 


Your  gallant  deeds  have  won  the  admiration  of  your  General,  your  Gov 
ernment  and  your  Country.  For  myself  1  thank  you  and  am  proud  of 
you.  For  them  I  tender  you  the  gratitude  and  praise  you  have  so  nobly 
won. 

In  a  campaign  of  less  than  one  month,  in  the  face  of  winter,  jour 
achievements  have  been  unparalleled.  You  have  captured  more  than  ten 
thousand  prisoners,  taken  and  preserved  thirty  pieces  of  artillery  and  seven 
thousand  small  arms,  in  addition  to  many  thousand  destroyed.  You  have 
besides  captured  eight  hundred  wagons,  loaded  chiefly  with  supplies,  which 
have  been  destroyed  or  brought  safely  to  your  lines,  and  in  pitched  battles 
you  have  driven  the  enemy  before  you.  inflicting  a  loss  at  beast  three  to  one 
greater  than  you  have  sustained. 

*****  Soldiers  !  the  proudest  reflection  of  your 
General's  life  is  to  be  known  as  the  commander  of  an  army  so  brave  and 
invincible  as  you  have  proven.  He  asks  no  hig.het  b^on-  than  to  lead  such 
men  to  victory.  To  share  their  trials  and  to  stand  or  fall  with  them  will 
be  the  crown  of  his  ambition 

BRAXTON  BRAGG, 

General   Commanding. 

The  remainder  of  the  winter  and  all  the 
spring,  was  spent  in  the  quiet  of  winter  quarters 
at  Shelbyville — relieved  only  by  an  occasional 
hour  of  picket  duty,  and  such  amusements  as 
could  be  improvised  in  camp. 

The  casualties  of  actual  service  having  great 
ly  reduced  the  various  commands,  a  general 
consolidation  of  companies  and  regiments  was 
made  in  January,  1863.  The  loth  S.  C.  and 
1 9th  S.  C.  Regiments  were  consolidated;  the 


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field  officers  of  the  loth  S.  C.  Regiment  being 
all  retained.  The  loth  Regiment  furnished  six 
Companies,  as  follows : 

ist  Company,  Companies  A  and  G,  com 
manded  by  Capt.  C.  C.  White. 

2d  Company,  Companies  C  and  D,  com 
manded  by  Capt.  R.  Z.  Harllee. 

3d  Company,  Companies  H  and  I,  command 
ed  by  Capt.  W.  J.  M.  Lee. 

4th  Company,  Companies  E  and  L,  com 
manded  by  Capt.  G.  P.  Anderson. 

5th  Company,  Companies  K  and  M,  com 
manded  by  Capt.  J.  S.  Palmer. 

6th  Company,  Companies  B  and  F,  com 
manded  by  Capt.  W.  J.  Tolar. 

A  full  quota  of  officers  was  retained,  and  all 
over  this  sent  to  the  places  of  enlistment  of 
their  Companies  to  recruit. 

We  remained  near  Shelbyville  until  the  latter 
part  of  June,  when  the  new  campaign  opened. 


CHAPTER     V. 

CHICKAMAUGA    CAMPAIGN. 

We  had  seen  the  snows  of  winter  slowly  dis 
appearing  from  the  fertile  hills  of  Middle  Ten 
nessee — the  green  wheat  cover  the  fields,  ripen, 
the  harvest  commenced  and  the  grain  all  but 
gathered  into  the  Confederate  graineries.  But 
the  fruitful  promise  of  plenty  was  never  realized, 
as  Rosencrans,  largely  reinforced,  advanced  on 
us.  Bragg  concentrated  at  Tullahoma,  offering 
battle,  which  Rosencrans  declined  and  moved 
on  our  communications.  Bragg  retired,  re- 
crossed  the  Cumberland  Mountains  and  the 
Tennessee  River,  and  took  up  position  around 
Chattanooga. 

Why  these  magnificent  barriers,  the  moun 
tains  and  the  river  were  never  used  by  either 
side  as  a  line  of  defence,  seems  strange.  When 
we  advanced  into  Kentucky,  neither  was  used  by 
the  enemy.  Shiloh  and  Chickamauga  were  both 
on  the  south  bank  of  the  Tennessee,  the  Fed 
eral  advance  across  the  river  in  either  case,  hav 
ing  been  unimpeded.  If  Johnston's  army,  which 
won  so  complete  a  victory  the  first  day  at  Shi 
loh,  and  Bragg's,  which  won  its  only  complete 
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victory  at  Chickamauga,  had  been  posted  on 
the  banks  and  defended  the  crossing,  how 
much  easier  would  these  results  have  been 
accomplished. 

But  it  was  not  done,  for  reasons,  good  and 
sufficient  no  doubt,  to  those  noble  patriots, 
who  shared  the  dangers  and  privations  of  their 
soldiers,  and  bore  the  terrible  weight  of  the  re 
sponsibility.  Let  us  touch  lightly  their  faults— 
they,  as  all  of  our  great  Generals,  were 
leaders  because  their  countrymen  called  then 
to  the  front.  They  did  their  duty  nobly  and 
well,  and  let  us,  who  placed  them  there,  bear 
the  burden  of  the  failure  —  a  failure  from 
which,  perhaps,  no  man  could  have  saved  us. 

In  retreating  from  Middle  Tennessee,  our 
Regiment  moved  by  Alisonia,  Cowans,  up  the 
mountain,  near  the  University  of  the  South, 
and  down  at  Sweeden's  Cove,  a  beautiful  se 
cluded  spot,  across  the  river  at  the  mouth  of 
Battle  Creek,  arriving  at  Chattanooga  July 
8th,  1863.  Here  Col.  Manigault  received  his 
appointment  as  Brig.-Gen'l.  Lieut-Col.  Press- 
ley  and  Maj.  Porcher  were  promoted  respect 
ively  Col.  and  Lieut.-Col.  loth  S.  C.  Regiment, 
and  Capt.  White,  of  the  igth  S.  C.  Regiment, 
promoted  Major,  and  assigned  to  duty  as  offi 
cers  of  the  consolidated  regiment.  Adjt.  Walker 


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and  Sergt.-Maj.  Huger  were  appointed  on 
Gen'l  Manigault'.s  Staff  as  Adjt.-Gen'l,  and  Aid- 
de-Camp,  respectively. 

In  the  latter  part  of  August  commenced  the 
manoeuvres  which  preceded  the  battle  of  Chick- 
amauga.  Marching  and  counter-marching  until, 
on  the  morning  of  the  iSth  September,  our 
Brigade  was  in  position  on  the  south  side  of 
the  river,  near  Lee  &  Gordon's  Mills,  across 
an  open  field,  drawing  the  enemy's  fire.  It 
is  not  the  most  comfortable  position  to  occupy 
— this  drawing  the  enemy's  fire — a  deep  river 
being  between  you  and  he,  any  attack  is  out  of 
the  question,  and  you  are  simply  put  up  as  a 
target  for  his  artillery.  It  must  be  necessary 
however.  There  are  few  positions  in  life  which 
are  free  from  some  compensation  for  the  ills 
we  suffer,  that  day  a  neighborly  "sorghum" 
patch,  relieved  the  tedious  hours  of  the  day. 

The  next  day,  the  sorghum  patch  being  ex 
hausted,  we  were  moved  down  and  across  the 
Chickamauga,  and  relieved  some  troops  of 
Longstreet's  corps.  A  light  skirmish  as  we 
were  arranging  our  line  about  dark  was  all  the 
taste  of  close  quarter  fighting  we  had.  We 
slept  on  our  arms  and  were  ready  by  day 
break  for  the  advance  on  the  enemy.  It  was 
not  until  10  o'clock  that  the  rattle  of  musketry 


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on  our  right  told  us  that  Polk  had  opened  the 
ball.  It  now  came  our  turn  to  advance,  and 
the  "forward"  was  gallantly  responded  to  and 
the  men  moved  steadily  forward  to  within  strik  - 
ing  distance,  when  with  a  yell,  they  charged  and 
swept  everything  before  them  until  the  halt  was 
sounded.  But  the  right  companies  of  the  Reg  - 
ment,  under  the  leadership  of  Col.  Pressley, 
not  hearing  the  command,  pushed  on  with  Deas' 
Brigade,  and  did  not  rejoin  our  Brigade  until 
the  Division  line  was  reformed.  The  enemy, 
having  been  driven  back  on  his  right,  formed 
a  new  line  with  his  right  wing  retired  at  a  right 
angle.  The  Division  conformed  to  his  front 
and  made  preparations  for  another  attack. 
The  loth  and  igth  S.  C.  Regiment  occupied 
the  crest  of  a  ridge,  with  a  valley  separating  us 
from  the  ridge  held  by  the  enemy.  The  coun 
try  was  here  well  wooded,  but  partially  free 
from  undergrowth.  Dent's  Battery  was  placed 
in  our  line.  At  3  P.  M.  the  Regiment  moved 
forward,  reached  the  crest  of  the  opposite  hill, 
were  repulsed  and  closely  followed  by  the 
Yankees.  On  reaching  our  hill,  the  gallant 
Dent  opened  fire,  the  Regiment  rallied,  turned, 
charged  and  again  were  at  the  enemy.  Up  the 
slope  of  their  hill,  until  their  battery  being  un 
masked,  we  were  checked  and  again  repulsed. 


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Another  rally,  another  driving-  back  the  enemy, 
each  time  Dent's  guns  doing  splendid  service, 
and  his  men  fighting  them  with  desperate  gal 
lantry.  Ranks  there  were  none.  The  men 
fought  from  what  shelter  they  could  find,  and 
the  individual  influence  and  example  of  the 
officers  was  the  only  control  remaining.  Back 
wards  and  forwards,  thus  went  the  tide  from  hill 
to  hill  until  about  sunset,  wrhen  the  enemy  re 
inforced  with  troops  armed  with  Colt's  Revolv 
ing  Rifles,  came  on  for  the  last  charge.  The 
fire  from  the  repeaters  was  terrific.  But  it 
slackens!  They  cannot  reload  their  pieces  in 
the  excitement  of  the  fight.  Dent's  guns  open. 
Forward  boys,  and  at  them  again  !  Another 
charge,  and  this  time  no  halt  is  made  on  the 
enemy's  hill.  Everything  gives  way  before  us, 
and  at  dark  the  halt  is  called  because  there 
are  no  Yankees  in  our  front  to  fight. 

The  line  is  now  reformed,  the  vacant  places 
accounted  for,  and  we  prepare  for  the  night's 
bivouac  on  the  hard  fought  field.  News  comes 
of  splendid  successes  on  the  right,  but  the  Con 
federate  centre  had  not  been  so  lucky.  We  did 
not  know  then,  what  we  know  now,  that  Rosen- 
crans  had  been  doubled  back  on  his  centre,  in 
horse  shoe  shape,  and  that  the  distance  across 
from  our  Regiment  on  the  left,  to  Walker's 


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Division  on  the  right,  was  only  about  half  a  mile. 

Expecting  a  renewal  of  the  struggle  in  the 
morning,  everything  was  ready.  But  with  day 
light,  comes  no  firing  on  the  picket  line.  What 
means  it  ?  There  is  certainly  a  picket  line  in 
our  front.  Scouts  are  thrown  out,  and  the 
pickets  found  to  be  from  Walker's  Division  on 
the  right  of  the  army.  Soon  the  news  comes 
down  the  lines  that  the  enemy  is  in  Chatta 
nooga.  The  battle  is  then  over,  and  the  hard 
fought  victory  ours. 

Those  who,  after  the  battle,  visited  the  hill 
where  the  three  hours'  fight  took  place  on  the 
afternoon  of  the  2Oth  September,  said  that  they 
could  not  conceive  how  a  living  being  had  ex 
isted  there.  The  trees  were  all  barked  for 
twenty  feet  from  the  ground,  and  large  trees 
cut  down  by  the  rifle  balls. 

In  this  battle  our  army  numbered  about  forty- 
five  thousand,  and  lost  fifteen  thousand  in  killed 
and  wounded.  The  enemy  numbered  sixty 
thousand,  and  lost  twenty  thousand  killed  and 
wounded,  seven  thousand  prisoners,  thirty-eight 
pieces  of  artillery,  and  twenty-five  thousand 
stand  of  arms.  Among  the  many  patriots  who 
fell  in  this  engagement,  was  Capt.  Daniel  Elliott 
Huger,  Brigade  Insp.-Gen'l.  Capt.  Huger,  re 
turning  from  Heidelburg  at  the  first  sound  of 


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war,  went  West  with  our  Regiment  as  a  vol 
unteer  aid  to  Col.  Manigault ;  and  though  his 
abilities  soon  secured  him  places  on  the  Brigade 
and  Division  Staff,  yet  he  was  always  near  and 
dear  to  the  loth  S.  C.  Regiment.  He  was  shot 
through  the  heart  while  gallantly  meeting  the 
enemy  with  men  of  the  left  of  our  Brigade, 
whom  he  had  gathered  around  him  by  his  noble 
personal  influence  and  example.  As  an  officer, 
he  was  cool,  brave  almost  to  rashness,  deter 
mined  and  skillful.  Everywhere  in  the  thickest 
of  the  fight,  giving  confidence  to  all  around  him, 
by  his  bold  and  fearless  bravery.  As  a  gentle 
man,  he  was  of  the  highest  old  Carolina  type, 
cultivated,  graceful,  polite  and  refined.  He  fell 
universally  regretted  and  beloved. 

We  are  soon  on  the  move  after  the  enemy, 
and  by  afternoon  had  crossed  the  slope  of  Mis 
sionary  Ridge,  and  saw  the  enemy  hard  at  work 
around  Chattanooga,  strengthening  its  fortifi 
cations.  We  now  sat  down  before  it,  and 
built  our  lines  of  circumvalation. 

It  is  no  part  of  this  story  to  say  why  the  an 
ticipations  of  starving  out  the  Yankees  were 
never  realized,  nor  how  he  succeeded  in  throw 
ing  in  a  large  reinforcement  under  Grant,  and 
opening  up  his  lines  of  communication  and 
make  those  preparations  which  recovered  to 


him  all  the  ground  lost  at  Chickamauga.  We 
would  not,  if  we  could,  balance  the  scales  and 
place  the  responsibility  where  it  belongs.  It 
may  not  have  been  possible  to  have  prevented 
it.  This  is  the  sketch  of  a  single  regiment,  ard 
it  is  no  part  of  its  scheme  to  blame  or  to  praise, 
except  where  necessary  to  explain  or  justify  the 
actions  of  the  regiment. 

At  Missionary  Ridge  we  had  two  lines  of 
works,  one  at  the  foot  of  the  Ridge,  behind 
which  were  the  tents,  huts  and  other  shelters  ;  the 
other  at  the  crest.  The  entire  slope  between 
the  two  was  covered  by  the  fire  from  the  forts 
around  the  city,  and  often  the  enemy  inconsid 
erately  forced  us  at  unseasonable  hours  to  seek 
the  protection  of  the  breastworks.  But  gradu 
ally  every  one  became  accustomed  to  this  state  of 
things.  On  the  23d  November  the  enemy  was 
seen  moving  in  force  on  our  front,  and  everything 
was  made  ready  to  receive  him.  It  was  only  a 
movement  to  secure  two  hills  in  our  front  held 
by  the  Brigade  pickets.  By  moving  they  had 
planted  a  battery  on  the  hills,  well  protected  by 
earthworks.  During  this,  the  second  day,  no 
attack  was  made  on  our  front,  but  Lookout 
Mountain  was  taken,  Lookout  Valley  opened, 
and  the  left  flank  of  the  army  turned. 
During  the  night  the  24th  and  28th  Alabama 


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Regiments  of  our  Brigade  had  been  moved  to 
the  line  on  the  crest  of  the  ridge.  The  loth 
and  i  Qth  S.  C.  Regiment  and  the  34th  Ala 
bama  Regiment  were  left  in  the  works  at  the 
foot,  with  instructions  to  retire  to  the  second  line 
as  soon  as  the  enemy  advanced  in  force. 

We  had  no  attack  until  afternoon,  when  the 
enemy  advanced  in  strength.  It  was  a  splendid 
sight  from  the  top  of  the  ridge — the  valley 
swarming  with  the  myriads  of  blue  coats,  all 
advancing  in  splendid  order.  One  man  in  the 
Regiment  said  of  this,  that  he  was  willing  to  fight 
the  Yankees  two  to  our  one,  but  when  he  heard 
old  Grant  command,  "  Attention  World !  by 
Nations  right  and  left  wheel,"  he  thought  it 
was  about  time  for  him  to  retire. 

The  front  line  was  abandoned,  under  the  or 
der  to  do  so,  (the  same  disposition  was  made 
in  all  the  Brigades  of  our  Division,  and  we 
think  of  the  Corps,)  and  the  Regiment  dragged 
slowly  up  the  tedious  slope,  under  a  terrible 
artillery  fire,  the  men  arriving  at  the  summit, 
completely  exhausted.  Men  dropped  as  if  shot, 
from  sheer  fatigue.  The  enemy  follow,  attack, 
are  easily  repulsed  in  our  front.  Again  attack 
and  again  repulsed,  they  seek  what  shelter  can 
be  found  on  the  hill-side.  But  a  crowd  is  gather 
ing  opposite  the  centre  of  the  Brigade  to  our  left, 


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under  the  hill-top  not  commanded  by  the 
from  their  breastworks.      Dent,  again  with 
exhausts    his  ammunition  on  them.     So   c 
plete  has  been  the  success  of  our  Brigade, 
the  34th  Alabama  is  spared  to  assist  Deas 
our  right.     What  means  the  broken  lines  in 
distance    beyond    our    Division  ?       No    Ion 
molested  by  Dent's  fire,  the  Yankees    gat 
under  Anderson's  centre,  charge,  drive  his  r 
away,  capture  his  battery  and  turn  the  guns 
our  left.     Everything  to  the  left  of  our  Brig 
was  now  gone.     The  enemy  form  to  attack 
press   on    our    flank — press  it  front,  rear 
side,  and  when  only  capture  could  be  the  re 
of  longer  holding  out,  our  gallant  Alabami 
retire.     Meanwhile    the    enemy    have    pres 
Deas  from  his  position  and  bear  down  on 
right.       Almost  surrounded,   Col.   Pressley 
luctantly  orders  the  retreat,  and  the  Regim 
retires  from  the  Ridge. 

The  Brigade  line  is  now  reformed,  fresh  ; 
munition  dealt  out  to  the  men,  and  the  enen 
further  advance  waited  for. 

After  dark  we  were  moved  across  the  Ch 
amauga,  and  took  up  the  line  of  march  for  I 
ton.  But  we  had  left  behind  us  many  a  nc 
soul — among  them  our  Lieut. -Colonel,  Julius 
Porcher.  Brave,  eminently  pious,  generc 


cultivated,  with  the  most  winning  manners,  he 
was  beloved  by  all  and  missed  as  a  friend  and 
officer.  \Yell  informed  in  military  law  and 
tactics,  with  a  cool,  persevering  courage,  he 
was  a  severe  loss  to  his  Regiment,  Army  and 
Country. 

At  Dalton  we  went  into  winter  quar 
ters,  built  comfortable  huts  and  prepared 
for  the  approaching  cold  weather.  Before 
Spring  the  loth  and  i9th  S.  C.  Regiments 
having  each  increased  their  numbers  to 
over  three  hundred  men,  were  relieved  from 
consolidation.  During  the  winter  of  1863-4, 
the  Regiment  unanimously  and  enthusiastically 
re-enlisted  for  the  war. 

Gen.  Jos.  E.  Johnston  having  been  placed 
in  command  of  the  army,  a  liberal  system 
of  furloughs  was  inaugurated,  the  sick  and 
wounded  returned,  comfortable  clothing  and 
plenty  of  food  was  issued,  attention  paid 
to  drill,  and  the  improvement  in  the  army 
was  soon  manifest.  The  discipline  and  or 
ganization  which  was  perfected  during  this 
season  of  rest,  gave  Johnston  that  splendid 
army,  which  under  so  many  depressing  influ 
ences,  and  though  constantly  retreating,  made 
that  magnificent  resistance  to  the  overwhelming 
hosts  of  Sherman,  which  will  live  in  history  a 


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most  enduring  record  of  the  masterly  strategy 
of  Johnston,  and  the  endurance  and  heroism  of 
his  army. 

NOTE  TO  CHAPTER  V.— At  the  time  of  the  disaster  at  Missiona  y 
Ridge,  it  was  asserted  in  certain  newspapers  that  Manigault's  Brigade  was 
the  first  to  leave  their  position.  The  facts  as  stated  in  this  sketch,  are 
borne  out  by  the  personal  action  of  the  writer.  He  carried  the  order  for 
the  removal  of  the  34th  Alabama  Regiment  to  support  Deas,  the  order 
having  been  given  in  his  presence  to  General  Manigault,  by  General  Patton 
Anderson,  commanding  the  Division.  This  fact  certainly  shows  that  there 
was  no  pressure  in  our  front  and  that  there  was  in  Deas',  on  our  right. 

After  extending  the  order,  the  writer  remained  on  the  left  of  the  Brigade 
as  he  was  anxious  about  that  force  which  was  collecting  under  the  centre  of 
Anderson's  Brigade.  He  saw  the  capture  of  the  Battery  and  the  retreat  of 
Anderson's  Brigade,  and  reported  the  fact  to  General  Manigault,  who  directed 
him  to  report  it  to  the  Division  Commander,  which  he  did,  finding  Gen 
eral  Anderson  in  rear  of  the  line  of  the  loth  and  1 9th  S.  C.,  Regiment. 
This  shows  that  our  Brigade  was  in  position  after  that  on  our  left.  Gen 
eral  Anderson  substantiated  these  facts,  and  contradicted  the  reports  injurious 
to  our  Brigade. 

The  comparative  ease  with  which  the  enemy  captured  what  should  have 
been  an  impregnable  position,  was  due,  in  the  writer's  humble  judgment, 
to  the  order  which  placed  half  of  each  Brigade  at  the  foot  of  the  Ridge,  re 
tired  them  under  a  heavy  fire,  and  put  them  into  a  fight  with  this  depressing 
influence,  and  physically  exhausted.  But  more  particularly,  the  defective  en 
gineering  which  located  the  breastworks  so  far  back  on  the  crest  of  the 
Ridge  as  not  to  command  the  slope  in  their  front.  Had  not  this  last  been 
the  case,  the  Division  could  easily  have  held  its  place,  until  the  Corps  which 
was  marching  on  our  rear  through  Look  Out  Valley,  had  reached  the 
Chickamauga  and  captured  us  on  the  Ridge.  It  is  a  consolation  to  know 
that  the  disaster  saved  at  least  two  Divisions  from  capture. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

GEORGIA    CAMPAIGN. 

On  the  7th  May,  1864,  the  campaign  opened 
by  the  advance  of  Sherman  with  an  army  gen 
erally  estimated  at  120,000,  while  the  effective 
strength  of  our  army  was  about  50,000,  in 
creased  afterwards  by  Folk's  Corps  from  Mis 
sissippi,  to  65,000. 

Being  repelled  in  several  partial  engagements 
in  front  of  Dalton,  Sherman  moved  around  our 
flank  and  threatened  Resaca,  to  which  place 
Johnston  retired. 

The  lines  of  our  army  included  Resaca,  the 
right,  Hood's  Corps,  resting  on  the  Connessau- 
ga  River,  our  Division  being  on  the  left  of  the 
Corps  in  two  lines,  our  Brigade  being  in  the  sec 
ond  line,  but  being  on  more  elevated  ground  was 
more  exposed  to  the  heavy  shelling  of  the  day 
than  the  front  line.  The  enemy  attacked  in 
force  and  was  handsomely  repulsed  by  the  front 
line.  He  then  tried  the  Divisions  on  our  right 
with  like  result,  and  having  failed  to  make  any 
effect,  treated  us  to  a  generous  fire  of  his  Artil 
lery  during  the  remainder  of  the  day.  During 

the  night  of  the  I4th  May,  we  strengthened  our 
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position  and  were  better  prepared  for  the  next 
day's  shelling. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  our  Brigade  was  moved 
to  the  support  of  Stevenson's  Division,  which 
had  advanced,  and  having  accomplished  w"iat 
was  expected  of  us,  we  were  relieved  and  or 
dered  to  rejoin  our  Division. 

Unable  to  defeat  us  here,  Sherman  crossed 
the  river  and  sent  a  force  on  Calhoun,  making 
our  position  precarious.  Our  line  was  a 
tete-de-pont,  protecting  the  railroad  and  pon 
toon  bridges,  every  foot  of  ground  within  being 
commanded  by  the  enemy's  guns,  our  breast 
works  enfiladed,  the  bridges  under  fire,  and 
our  rear  threatened.  Johnston  retired  across 
the  river  and  formed  line  near  Cassville,  offer 
ing  the  enemy  battle,  but  he  declined,  and 
moved  on  our  left  flank,  crossed  the  river, 
flanked  the  Altoona  Mountains,  and  passed  in 
the  direction  of  Powder  Springs.  Johnston 
met  the  manoeuvre  and  placed  himself  in  front 
of  the  enemy  at  New  Hope  Church,  repulsing 
all  of  his  attacks  with  great  damage  to  the 
Yankees. 

The  loth  Regiment  took  its  share  in  all  these 
movements,  and  acted  in  the  engagements  at 
Resaca  and  New  Hope  Church  with  its  accus 
tomed  gallantry. 


1 1 1 

The  flanking  to  the  left  being  checked,  Sher 
man  tried  our  right,  and  both  lines  were  soon 
again  on  the  railroad,  about  ten  miles  north  of 
Marietta.  Then  another  see-saw  to  the  left. 
Our  right  now  rested  on  Kennesaw  Mountain, 
which  Sherman  attacked  in  force,  unsuccessfully. 
Our  Regiment  was  moved  into  this  fight  as  a 
part  of  the  reserves,  barely  getting  under  fire. 

Hood's  Corps  attacked  (June,  2Oth)  Sher 
man's  extending  right,  to  check  the  movement. 
Our  Brigade  was  moved  forward  and  as  we 
passed  through  the  remainder  of  the  Division, 
our  friends  bid  us  good-bye,  thinking  that  we 
had  the  hard  work  of  the  fight  to  do.  But  it 
turned  out  that  we  were  only  to  hold  an  impor 
tant  strategic  position,  which  as  the  fight  devel 
oped  itself,  we  did  with  small  loss,  while  the 
rest  of  the  Division  had  hard  work  to  do.  The 
attacking  force  was  too  small  for  the  work  as 
signed  and  was  withdrawn. 

When  Sherman  had  nearly  reached  the  rail 
road  in  our  rear,  Johnston  retired  to  the  exten 
sive  works  covering  the  bridges  across  the 

<>  o 

Chattahoochee.  Several  attempts  were  made 
by  the  enemy  to  break  this  line,  but  all  their  at 
tacks  were  repulsed.  Sherman,  as  usual,  finally 
flanked  us  out  of  this  position  by  crossing  the 
river  at  Roswell. 


I  12 

Both  armies  now  rested  for  about  ten  dayrs, 
which  was  a  most  grateful  relief  from  the  very 
arduous  duties  we  had  performed.  Every  day 
since  leaving  Dalton  we  had  been  under  fire. 
The  constant  marching,  working  on  the  breast 
works,  and  other  duties  of  the  very  active  cam 
paign,  had  told  on  all.  The  Lieutenant-Colo 
nelcy  of  the  Regiment  was  at  this  time  filled  by 
the  promotion  from  the  Brigade  Staff,  of  Capt. 
C.  I.  Walker,  all  the  officers  of  the  Regiment 
having  waived  rank  to  him. 

The  advance  of  the  enemy  upon  Atlanta 
roused  us  from  our  rest.  Johnston's  disposi 
tions  made  us  all  feel  that  the  general  engage 
ment  of  the  campaign  was  now  to  be  fought 
and  everything  was  to  be  risked  to  save  Atlanta. 
The  crossing  of  Peach  Tree  Creek  was  to  be 
disputed  and  made  the  great  battle  ground — 
our  retreating  was  done  and  we  had  the  enemy 
where  we  wanted  him.  In  the  midst  of  the  pre 
parations,  however,  Johnston  was  relieved,  Hood 
assumed  command,  and  all  ended  in  the  very 
heavy  skirmish  of  2Oth  July,  and  we  fell  back 
to  the  lines,  about  one  mile  outside  of  Atlanta, 
and  on  the  following  day  retired  within  the 
immediate  defences  of  the  city.  General  S.  D. 
Lee  took  command  of  our  corps  and  we  saw 
him  for  the  first  time  in  the  fight  of  the  22d  July. 


We  were  now  behind  ready-made  breast 
works  and  for  a  time  our  shovels  had  rest.  Up 
to  this  time,  from  the  commencement  of  the 
campaign  at  Dalton,  our  Brigade  had  built  about 
fourteen  miles  of  breastworks. 

On  the  morning  of  the  22d  July,  1864,  news 
came  along  the  line  that  Hardee's  Corps  was 
off  on  a  secret  expedition.  How  quickly  these 
items  of  army  news  spread  from  Regiment  to 
Regiment  clown  a  long  line.  The  private  sol 
dier  was  always  thoroughly  posted,  and  often 
knew  of  proposed  movements  hours  before  the 
official  orders  came. 

About  dinner  time,  the  arrival  of  reserves  in 
our  rear  showed  that  Hood  intended  giving  us 
a  place  in  the  picture,  and  the  activity  of  the 
enemy's  pickets  proved  that  they  were  awake 
and  expecting  some  movement.  The  Yankees 
run  out  on  their  picket  line  a  section  of  artil 
lery  in  our  front  and  gave  us  a  lively  shelling. 
The  right  of  our  Regiment  rested  on  the  Geor 
gia  Railroad,  we  being  on  the  right  of  our 
Brigade.  Deas'  Brigade,  of  our  Division,  was 
on  our  right. 

We  had  hardly  well  finished  our  dinners 
when  the  orders  came  to  advance.  The  Brig 
ade  was  soon  over  the  breastworks  and  formed 
on  the  outside.  Steadily  the  line  moves  forward, 


supported  by  Sharp's  Brigade,  and  with  Deas' 
on  the  right.  The  enemies  artillery  keep  up  a 
brisk  fire,  to  which  ours  replies,  firing  over  the 
heads  of  the  advancing  line.  The  Yankee 
picket  line  is  reached,  driven  in,  the  loth  Regi 
ment  captures  the  picket  reserve  and  the  sec 
tion  of  artillery  barely  escapes,  galloping  cff 
ahead  of  us,  and  we  following  close  behind  up 
to  within  fifty  yards  of  the  Federal  breastworks. 
Deas  has  not  been  so  successful  and  our 
right  is  exposed  to  a  heavy  flanking  fire.  Six 
teen  pieces  of  artillery  are  belching  fire  and 
death  into  our  Brigade.  Not  quite  strorg 
enough  to  carry  the  works,  we  halt  and  pour 
in  a  deadly  fire.  A  two-story  house  is  just  out 
side  of  the  enemy's  line  and  covers  the  left  of 
the  loth  and  right  of  the  I9th  S.  C.  Regiments. 
Colonel  Pressley  sends  men  of  both  Regiments 
into  the  upper  piazza,  where  they  shoot  right 
down  into  the  enemy's  ranks.  General  Sharpe 
sends  to  offer  Colonel  Pressley  assistance, 
which  is  declined.  We  gather  up  our  ranks, 
make  a  desperate  charge,  mount  the  Federal 
breastworks  and  drive  away  the  enemy. 
Among  the  many  who  fall  in  the  struggle  is 
the  gallant  Pressley,  who  is  borne  from  the  top 
of  the  enemy's  fortifications  severely  wounded 
in  the  shoulder. 


"5 

The  battery  captured  by  the  loth  Regiment 
is  at  once  wheeled  around  to  our  side  of  the 
lines  and  a  detail  made  to  man  it,  if  necessary. 
But  limbers  being  captured,  and  artillerists 
sent  out  from  our  main  line,  the  guns  are  safely 
carried  in.  The  twelve  other  pieces  captured 
by  the  Brigade  were  so  situated  that  it  was 
impossible  to  secure  them. 

Having  gained  a  footing  on  the  works  we 
push  to  our  left  and  Sharpe  comes  up  and 
pushes  to  the  right,  together  we  clear  the  forti 
fications  for  more  than  half  a  mile. 

This  attack  was  on  the  extreme  right  of  the 
army,  and  we  were  to  co-operate  with  Hardee, 
who  was  expected  to  turn  Sherman's  left  flank. 
We  waited  in  vain  for  the  sound  of  his  cruns. 

o 

The  Yankees  finding  no  more  movement  on 
our  part,  re-occupied  their  works  on  a  hill  about 
half  a  mile  to  our  left,  brought  up  a  battery 
which  shelled  us  very  heavily,  enfilading  our 
line.  It  was  this  fire  which  wounded  the  gallant 
Captain  Tolar.  When  it  was  known  that 
Hardee  had  not  succeeded,  Hood  withdrew  us 
to  the  main  line  of  works. 

It  did  seem  hard.  We  had  built  these 
breastworks,  given  them  up  to  the  enemy, 
re-taken  them  at  a  very  heavy  sacrifice  and  now 
we  had  to  give  them  up  again.  The  whole 


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struggle  of  the  afternoon,  the  lives  lost,  the 
suffering  inflicted,  had  all  been  for  nothing. 
And  this  was  but  an  example  of  what  was 
frequently  occurring  in  our  army.  Marches, 
skirmishes,  battles,  all  for  nothing.  Only  at 
Chickamauga  was  a  complete  victory  ever 
achieved  by  our  army.  Was  it  not  a  sublime 
manhood,  which  nerved  those  noble  veterans  to 
stand  all — all  that  was  depressing  and  disheart 
ening,  and  to  the,  last  hold  up  the  Confederate 
flag,  which  to  them  was  a  symbol  of  suffering, 
trial,  endurance,  but  not  of  victory  ? 

For  the  next  five  days  we  were  quiet  in  the 
trenches.  But  on  the  afternoon  of  the  27th  we 
were  moved  to  the  left,  and  about  10  o'clock 
next  morning,  a  courier  hastily  summoned  us 
into  action.  We  moved  rapidly  up,  and  the 
Division  was  formed  for  the  attack,  Deas, 
Brantly  and  Sharpe  in  the  front  line,  with  our 
Brigade  within  supporting  distance.  The  three 
Brigades  went  in  and  came  out,  and  then  our 
Brigade  was  sent  to  accomplish  what  three  had 
failed  to  do,  and  of  course,  we  failed  also.  The 
Brigade  advanced  gallantly  to  the  charge,  but 
the  position  was  too  strong  and  we  were  driven 
back.  The  line  was  reformed,  and  again  led  to 
the  attack.  Again  we  were  driven  back,  and  a 
third  time  reformed,  and  another  fruitless  waste 


"7 

of  life.  Walthall's  Division  of  five  Brigades 
was  subsequently  repulsed,  from  a  similar  at 
tack  on  the  same  position. 

On  the  22d  July,  we  carried  into  the  fight 
twenty-four  officers,  and  after  the  fight  of  the 
28th,  we  had  but  five  left  in  the  Regiment.  In 
each  of  these  engagements  we  lost  about  one- 
third  of  the  Regiment. 

After  this  engagement  the  Regiment  was  re 
turned  to  the  trenches,  and  for  the  next  thirty 
days  acted  well  its  part  in  the  tedious  and  well 
contested  defence  of  Atlanta.  Every  day,  and 
almost  every  hour,  day  and  night,  they  were 
under  fire,  and  kept  close  to  the  breastworks. 
Sherman  finding  he  could  not  get  in  the  front, 
tried  his  old  ofame,  and  knocked  at  the  back 

o 

door.  He  moved  on  Jonesboro',  and  Hood 
failing  to  check  the  movement  by  the  battle  of 
Jonesboro'  was  forced  to  evacuate  Atlanta,  and 
retired  to  Lovejoy's. 

To  meet  the  advance  of  Sherman,  and  at  the 
same  time  protect  Atlanta,  Hood  kept  Stew 
art's  Corps  and  the  Georgia  Militia  in  the 
breastworks  around  the  city,  and  sent  Hardee's 
and  Lee's  Corps  to  attack  Sherman  at  Jones 
boro1.  Our  Brigade  was  retained  at  Atlanta  to 
protect  the  movement  of  the  Artillery  and 
wagon  train  and  bring  up  the  rear.  About  1 2 


iiS 

o'clock  on  the  night  of  the  3oth  of  August,  we 
commenced  the  march,  tedious,  tiresome  and 
exhausting  as  any  we  ever  made,  and  only 
reached  our  position  in  line  after  a  continuous 
march  until  3  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of  the 
3 1  st.  We  took  up  our  position  in  the  2cl  line, 
supporting  the  other  Brigades  of  our  Division. 
We  went  into  this  battle  under  the  most  unfav 
orable  conditions,  after  a  fifteen  hours  march, 
completely  worn  out,  all  confidence  lost  in  our 
Commanding  General,  and  knowingly  attacking 
a  superior  force  under  most  disadvantageous 
circumstances.  About  four  o'clock  the  action 
commenced.  We  followed  the  front  line  until 
they  halted,  wavered  and  broke,  when  we 
pushed  on,  until  repulsed  in  our  turn.  We 
rallied  and  reformed,  and  commenced  strength 
ening  our  position,  no  troops  being  near  us  to 
our  right  or  left.  This  advanced  position  we 
held,  until  ordered  to  retire  at  night-fall,  being 
the  last  troops  to  leave  the  field  or  to  be  en 
gaged  that  day.  During  the  night  we  com 
menced  a  march  towards  Atlanta,  but  were 
turned  off  while  on  the  road  and  moved  to 
wards  Lovejoy's,  where  the  army  was  finally 
concentrated. 

A  ten  days  truce  ended  the  Georgia  Cam 
paign. 


n9 

The  heart  of  the  Confederacy  had  been 
reached  and  with  Atlanta,  fell  the  Southern 
cause.  The  struggle  was  maintained  for  some 
months,  but  it  was  the  desperation  of  hopeless 
ness — or  the  unconquerable  spirit  of  a  noble, 
courageous  patriotism.  Looking  back  at  it 
now,  the  wonder  increases  as  we  can  look  at  it 
more  dispassionately — how  the  men,  who  were 
all  volunteers,  and  bound  by  no  tie  but  their 
devotion  to  the  cause,  struggled  on  through  the 
greatest  trials,  exposing  themselves  to  all  dan 
gers,  after  all  reasonable  hope  was  gone. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

TENNESSEE     CAMPAIGN. 

At  the  end  of  the  truce,  Hood  assumed 
the  offensive  and  moved  forward  to  Palmetto, 
and  with  the  advance  the  spirits  and  hopes 
of  the  army  rose.  Passing  Sherman's  right 
flank,  he  struck  the  railroad  in  his  rear  and 
cut  his  communications.  Moving  north  to  Dai- 
ton  we  captured  the  garrison  and  then  turned 
off  to  Gadsden,  in  North  Alabama.  Thence  to 
Florence  to  cross  the  Tennessee  River.  Sher 
man  sent  a  force  after  us,  but  soon  withdrew  it 
to  Atlanta  and  commenced  the  bold  and  decis 
ive  "  march  to  the  sea,"  across  Georgia,  reaching 
the  ocean  at  Savannah. 

Hood  meanwhile  was  also  moving  independ 
ently  of  Sherman,  but  had  another  army  under 
Thomas,  in  his  front. 

On  the  20th  November  we  started  for  Ten 
nessee.  Almost  on  the  first  day's  march  the 
snow  and  terrific  weather  commenced,  which 
brought  untold  sufferings  on  the  men  who 
made  that  winter  campaign. 

On  the  27th  we  reached  Columbia,  and 
Thomas  retired  across  Duck  River.  On  the 


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2 Qth  we  crossed  above  him  and  struck  the 
Pike  in  his  rear  at  Spring  Hill,  making  a  forced 
march  of  twenty-six  miles  that  day.  Our  Divis 
ion  was  the  last  to  arrive  at  Spring  Hill,  and 
were  forced  in  line  parallel  to  the  Pike.  \Yhy 
the  Pike  was  not  occupied  apparently  within 
our  grasp  is  one  of  those  inexplicable  things 
which  none  but  those  high  in  authority  can 
explain.  Suffice  it  for  the  rank  and  file  to 
know  that  it  was  not  done  and  we  heard  the 
entire  Yankee  army  escaping  in  our  front,  not 
five  hundred  yards  from  our  line  of  battle.  The 
evident  marks  of  extreme  haste  and  demorali 
zation  which  the  pike  showed  the  next  morning 
made  us  all  feel  that  our  picket  line  alone  would 
have  sufficed  for  the  attack.  We  snatched  what 
rest  we  could,  sleeping  in  line,  and  next  morn 
ing  pursued  the  enemy  and  found  him  awaiting 
us  at  Franklin,  prepared  to  make  a  stand  to 
protect  the  retreat  of  his  trains. 

Franklin  was  well  fortified  where  the  Pike 
entered  the  town,  the  works  commanding  a 
level  open  sweep  of  country  for  half  a  mile, 
On  the  other  side  of  the  river  a  fort  com 
manded  the  crossing  and  the  open  country 
around.  Enough  of  flanking  at  Spring  Hillr 
now  we  go  straight  for  the  enemy  and  strike 
him  in  his  strongest  place. 
12 


122 

Our  Division  arriving  last  on  the  field,  just 
before  dark  we  are  moved  forward  in  two 
lines,  our  Brigade  being  the  right  of  the  second 
line.  During  the  advance,  another  Brigade  is 
thrown  into  the  front  line,  and  we  are  moved  to 
our  left,  and  then  moved  up  to  the  front  line 
on  the  left  of  the  Division.  The  manoeuvring 

c> 

was  clone  in  the  open  field,  under  fire,  and  was 
very  handsomely  and  tactically  executed.  By 
this  time  dark  had  overtaken  us.  The  increased 
rattle  of  fire-arms  told  us  that  the  troops  on 
our  right  were  heavily  engaged.  The  touch  in 
our  Brigade  was  ordered  to  the  left.  In  ad 
vancing,  our  Regiment  had  met  a  ravine  too 
deep  to  cross,  and  it  had  to  be  circumvented  to 
the  right  by  a  flank  movement  and  forming  on 
right  by  file  into  line.  As  we  were  moving,  the 
Regimental  Commander  was  informed  that  Gen'l 
Manigault  had  fallen  dangerously  wounded. 
After  a  movement  to  the  left  the  line  was  faced 
to  the  front,  and  the  "  forward  "  again  given. 
Col.  Shaw  was  wounded,  and  the  command  of  the 
Brigade  fell  on  Col.  Davis,  who  was  next  wound 
ed,  and  we  found  ourselves  under  a  terrific  fire 
from  front  and  flank,  and  no  orders — lost  on 
the  battle-field  at  night.  In  this  emergency 
the  Commander  of  the  loth  Regiment  deter 
mining  to  move  with  Brantley's  Brigade  which 


was  on  our  right,  sent  Adjutant  Stark  to  find 
Brantley.  Brantley  could  not  be  found.  His  Brig 
ade  was  lying  down  under  the  Yankee  breast 
works,  a  sheet  of  fire  passing  over  them,  out  of 
ammunition  themselves,  and  absolute  death  to 
move  from  their  position.  After  consultation 
with  the  Commanders  of  the  iQth  South  Caro 
lina  and  24th  Alabama  Regiments,  the  men 
were  placed  under  the  first  cover,  and  an  offi 
cer  sent  to  find  out  what  orders  we  were  acting 

o 

under — the  men  being  needlessly  slaughtered. 
Three  successive  Brigade  Commanders  and  the 

o 

only  staff  officer  who  knew  anything  of  the 
movement,  had  been  wounded  and  carried  from 
the  field.  Gen'l.  Edward  Johnston  being 
found,  approved  our  action,  and  knowing  that 
the  entire  attack  had  failed,  withdrew  us  a  short 
distance,  and  we  spent  another  night  on  our 
arms.  During  the  night  the  enemy  retired,  and 
left  us  the  field,  with  its  heaps  of  slain. 

The  enemy  had  now  reached  Nashville,  and 
next  day  we  arrived  up  and  formed  line  in  front 
of  the  city.  The  defences  of  Nashville  were 
the  strongest,  perhaps,  in  this  country.  The 
cordon  of  hills  surrounding  the  city  were 
crowned  with  splendid  forts,  and  gave  cover  to 
any  concentration  of  the  army  defending  the 
place.  We  had  a  long  thin  line  of  field  works, 


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entirely  commanded  by  the  fortress-crownec 
heights,  manned  not  by  even  a  single  rank,  with 
out  reserves,  and  with  exterior  lines  of  communi 
cation.  Thomas  gathered  from  the  inexhausti 
ble  resources  of  his  country  an  army  to  com 
pete  with  us,  and  while  he  was  doing  so,  we  had 
rest.  On  the  i5th  December,  however,  he 
made  a  feint  on  our  right,  and  concentrated  on 
our  left,  marched  out  from  behind  the  hills, 
stormed  the  works  of  Stewart's  Corps,  and 
carried  them.  Our  Brigade  first,  and  following 
us  the  other  Brigades  of  the  Division,  was  with 
drawn  to  go  to  Stewart's  assistance,  as  soon  as 
the  attack  was  threatened.  But  as  \ve  had 
to  march  a  mile  to  the  rear,  move  on  the  arc  of 
an  enlarged  circle  and  then  move  up  a  mile, 
yet,  although  the  greater  part  of  the  way  was 
gone  at  the  double  quick,  we  did  not  arrive  until 
the  enemy  had  taken  the  works.  It  was  quite 
complimentary  to  our  prowess  that  our  little 
Brigade  should  have  been  put  into  the  fight 
single-handed  to  retake  the  position  from  which 
an  entire  corps  had  been  driven.  But  it  is 
hardly  judicious  to  sacrifice  human  life,  when 
every  man  was  precious  to  the  Confederacy,  not 
to  speak  of  his  family,  on  such  desperate  ven 
tures.  We  moved  forward  rapidly,  through  a 
wood,  and  came  out  in  the  open  country,  in  full 


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view  of  the  Yankee  Army.  By  counting  the 
flags,  the  writer  estimated  that  there  was  in 
sight  at  least  a  corps.  We  butt  ourselves 
against  them,  as  ordered  to  do,  and  the  neces 
sary  consequence  followed,  of  a  brigade  attack 
ing  a  corps  in  an  open  field.  We  were  driven 
steadily  back,  and  closely  followed.  The  arrival 
of  Deas'  Brigade  gave  us  a  rest  of  quarter 
of  an  hour,  and  the  line  was  formed  in  its  rear 
when  posted  on  a  commanding  hill.  Soon 
he  was  attacked,  and  we  were  moved  to 
his  left  to  do  our  share.  Overpowered,  the 
Brigades  retired  to  the  next  ridge,  where  an 
other  stand  was  made,  and  another  fresh  Brig 
ade  came  up.  Again  overpowered,  we  fell  back 
to  the  third  ridge.  From  this  position  Gen'l. 
Johnston  withdrew  the  Division,  as  it  was  nearly 
surrounded,  and  was  impossible  to  hold  its  po 
sition.  Night  closed  in  on  us,  but  brought  no 
rest.  Marching  and  counter-marching  all  night, 
until  just  before  day  break  our  position  was 
reached,  details  were  made  for  building  breast 
works,  and  we  snatched  an  hour's  rest.  The 
enemy  was  on  us  in  the  morning  before  we 
completed  our  works,  and  they  were  finished 
under  fire. 

The  line  of  the  army  had  been  formed  across 
the  Pike  (Nashville  and  Franklin),  with  its  left 
wing  retired  at  a  right  angle. 


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It  was  not  a  part  of  Thomas'  plan  to  attack 
our  portion  of  the  line  until  late,  so  he  concen - 
trated  on  ours  and  Deas'  Brigade  the  fire  of 
thirty-six  guns.  It  was  certain  death  to  leave 
the  breastworks,  so  effective  was  this  fire. 

All  day  the  artillery  fire  was  poured  upon  us, 
meanwhile  the  right  of  our  line  had  repulsed 
the  attack  on  its  front,  but  our  left  had  been 
driven  back.  About  five  o'clock  the  battery  on 
the  left  of  our  brigade  was  seen  moving  away, 
but  as  we  could  not  see  beyond,  we  did  no: 
know  the  cause.  The  enemy  in  front  of  our 
left  advanced,  and  was  lost  sight  of  by  the  lay 
of  the  ground.  We  waited  anxiously  to  hear 
the  rattle  of  musketry  as  they  attacked,  and 
hoped  to  see  them  driven  back  in  dismay.  The 
enemy  are  preparing  to  advance  in  our  front. 
Everything  was  in  readiness  for  our  turn,  which 
we  felt  was  now  coming.  But  no  sound  beyond 
the  ordinary  din  of  battle  reached  us,  the  Con 
federate  line  on  our  left  having  been  broken. 
Presently  we  hear  the  close  rattle  of  musketry, 
but  it  is  raking  down  our  line  and  also  from  our 
rear.  In  the  rear  is  the  range  of  hills  to  which  we 
were  ordered  to  fall  back  in  case  of  disaster, 
but  already  occupied  by  the  enemy.  The  entire 
left  wing  of  the  army  has  gone.  The  brigade  is 
ordered  to  retreat  and  fortunately  the  advance 


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of  the  Federal  Infantry  in  our  front  prevents 
the  use  of  more  than  four  guns  on  our  retreat 
ing  line.  The  Regiment  is  rallied  and  after 

o  o 

repeated  stands  to  check  the  advancing  enemy, 
reaches  the  Pike,  and  forms  the  nucleus  of  the 
Brigade.  All  the  other  Regiments  rally  around 
us.  We  are  ordered  by  the  Division  Inspector- 
General  to  fall  back  to  Brentwood. 

What  a  sight  meets  us  as  we  reach  the  open 
country  on  the  Pike,  and  the  magnitude  of  the 
disaster  strikes  us.  Wagons,  guns,  officers, 
men,  ambulances,  everything,  running  in  the 
wildest  confusion  to  the  rear.  In  hopes  of 
checking  the  flying  mass,  we  form  across  the 
road.  But  a  road  is  at  once  made  around  each 
of  our  flanks,  and  our  efforts  are  unavailing. 
After  trying  it  several  times,  we  give  it  up  and 
move  on  towards  Brentwood.  A  staff  officer 
gallops  up.  I  never  knew  his  name,  but  be 
lieve  he  was  Chief  of  Artillery  of  Stewarts 
Corps.  I  saw  him  the  day  before  acting  with 
conspicuous  gallantry,  and  to-day  he  seemed 
one  of  the  few  collected  ones  of  the  army  of 
fugitives.  u  What  command  is  this?"  he  asks. 
Having  the  loth  Regiment  and  the  colors  and 
some  men  of  all  the  other  Regiments  of  the 
Brigade,  the  writer  answers,  "  Manigault's  Brig 
ade."  He  tells  us  that  General  S.  D.  Lee  has 


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one  Brigade  acting  as  rear  guard  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  to  our  rear,  that  he  is  hard 
pressed,  needs  assistance  and  asks  if  we  will  go 
back  with  him.  "  Colonel,  personally  I  wi'.l 
go  with  you  and  I  will  now  give  an  ar- 
swer  for  the  Brigade.  Boys,  are  you  willing 
to  go  back  to  General  Lee?"  A  grand,  noble, 
hearty  shout  answers  the  question,  and  though 
physically  exhausted,  tired  almost  to  death 
these  grand  old  heroes  countermarched  back  to 
General  Lee  and  took  their  place  beside  the 
only  Brigade  in  the  army  which  had  been  with 
drawn  from  the  line  in  order.  The  writer  wc.s 
proud  of  the  men  who  had  acted  so  handsomely, 
and  rode  off  to  report  to  General  Lee  in  per 
son,  but  a  general  retiring  of  the  line  recalled 
him  to  his  command  before  doing  so.  Slowly 
retiring  before  the  enemy  we  fell  back  behind 
a  line  which  General  Hood  had  formed,  and 
at  Brentwood  the  scattered  commands  were 
gathered.  Late  in  the  night  we  bivouacked  at 
Franklin. 

The  retreat  was  commenced  and  we  were 
pushed  rapidly  towards  the  Tennessee  River. 
We  were  several  days  guard  to  the  pontoon 
train,  and  as  the  wagons  broke  down  and  the 
pontoons  were  thrown  aside,  our  chances  of 
crossing  the  river  seemed  dimmer  and  dimmer. 


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Fortunately  a  bridge  which  had  been  captured 
at  Decatur  pieced  out  the  losses.  Christmas 
day,  1864,  we  spent  on  the  banks  of  the  Ten 
nessee,  in  the  cold  and  sleet,  without  tents  or 
shelter,  but,  thank  God,  with  bacon  and  corn- 
bread  enough,  awaiting  the  completion  of  the 
bridge.  On  the  2/th  we  crossed.  Passing 
through  Rienzi  and  Saltillo  we  reached  Tupelo, 
Miss.,  on  ;th  January,  1865. 

The  suffering  on  this  campaign  was  extreme. 
Cold,  wet  weather,  the  men  poorly  clad,  half  of 
them  barefooted  and  the  rest  with  worn-out 
shoes.  On  the  retreat  the  Surgeon  of  our 
Regiment  daily  excused  about  one  half  of 
the  Regiment  because  of  physical  inability  to 
keep  up.  Many  a  time  has  a  poor  sick  fellow 
just  caught  up  at  day-light  and  reached  the 
night's  bivouac  to  see  his  company  beginning 
another  day's  march.  The  sick  and  wounded 
pressed  forward  with  all  speed  to  escape  cap 
ture,  and  one  Sergeant  Brittain  of  Company  E, 
wounded  in  the  leg,  hobbled  out  of  Tennessee 
on  crutches.  It  is  no  exageration  to  say  that 
our  tracks  were  marked  with  blood  from  the 
lacerated  feet  of  these  noble  men  of  the  army 
of  Tennessee. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

FINAL    CAMPAIGN. 

On  the  i Qth  January,  1865,  we  started  for 
South  Carolina.  It  was  to  be  our  privilege  to 
aid  in  the  defence  of  the  State  against  our  old 
enemy,  Sherman.  The  army  moved  through 
Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Georgia,  by  railroad 
to  Augusta. 

During  this  journey  occurred  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  movements  possible  only  in  a 
last  stage  of  a  dying  struggle  to  a  Vol 
unteer  Army.  Despite  the  influence  of  sup 
erior  officers,  in  defiance  of  discipline  and 
all  authority,  each  command  as  it  reached  the 
nearest  point  to  its  home,  took  five  days  leave 
of  absence.  In  a  military  sense  it  was  deser 
tion,  and  while  the  peculiar  hardships  of  the 
case  may  largely  extenuate,  even  excuse  the 
fault,  yet  it  throws  greater  lustre  on  the  men 
who  stood  to  their  colors.  The  Army  arrived 
at  Augusta  a  mere  skeleton.  Its  operations 
were  paralyzed,  and  it  was  necessary  to  retain 
a  large  number  of  officers  there,  under  Gen. 
Cheatham,  to  gather  up  the  men,  who,  with  the 
utmost  punctuality,  returned  after  they  had  re 
mained  at  home  for  five  days.  The  temptation 


did  not  come  to  the  loth  Regiment  until  it 
reached  Branchville,  when  an  earnest  appeal 
from  its  Commanding  Officer  put  off  the  evil 
day. 

We  moved  from  Branchville  to  the  defence 
of  the  lines  of  the  Edisto,  first  being  stationed 
at  Holman's  Bridge,  and  afterwards  at  Jones' 
Bridge.  Still  retiring,  we  took  up  a  line  on 
Mill  Creek,  near  Columbia,  and,  finally,  were 
moved  across  the  Congaree  to  the  city  on  the 
1 6th  February.  On  the  i  7th  we  were  sent  to 
Granby  to  support  some  artillery7  commanding 
the  ferry,  and  at  night  moved  up  to  the  Broad 
River  Bridge.  During  the  night  the  enemy  had 
throwrn  his  pontoons  across  and  occupied  the 
island — our  picket  line  being  on  the  left  bank 
of  the  canal — and  by  daylight  commenced  driv 
ing  in  our  pickets.  The  army  had  now  evac 
uated  the  city,  and,  with  heavy  hearts,  we 
turned  into  the  Winnsboro'  Road,  leaving  be 
hind  us  the  capital  of  our  State,  and  its  unpro 
tected  people.  Everything  now  seemed  to  be 
lost,  our  backs  turned  on  our  homes,  our  State 
given  up  to  the  foe,  our  families  exposed  to 
their  outrages. 

The  men  who  composed  the  Regiment  were 
husbands,  fathers,  sons.  Their  dear  ones  were 
about  to  be  abandoned,  for  how  long,  only  God 


132 

knew.  With  the  example  of  the  rest  of  the 
Army  before  them  to  justify  them,  with  the 
natural  affections  of  honest  men  to  impel  their., 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  yielded  to  ths 
temptation  and  "took  five  days  leave  of  ab 
sence."  When  the  roll  was  called  next  morn 
ing  only  about  eighty-three  noble  fellows  were 
accounted  for.  Those  who  had  left  us  certainly 
committed  a  flagrant  breach  of  military  disci 
pline — the  penalty  of  which  was  death — but  if 
ever  desertion  was  excusable,  this  was.  The 
majority  had  not  been  home  since  they  left 
South  Carolina  in  1862.  And  for  the  credit  of 
these  men  be  it  said,  that  at  the  expiration  of 
the  five  days  at  home,  they  gathered  at  Marion 
C.  H.  again,  and  though  unable  to  join  their 
colors,  Sherman  being  in  the  way,  they  rendered 
valuable  service  against  the  raiders  who  came 
through  the  Pee  Dee  country.  For  their  sakes 
and  for  the  credit  of  the  Regiment,  how  much 
I  wish  that  they  had  been  able  to  share  the 
glory  of  these  noble  old  veterans  who  re 
mained  to  the  last. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  those  men,  who 
resisting  all  temptation,  went  down  with  the 
Confederacy,  true  to  their  colors  and  their 
patriotism  to  the  gloomy  end. 

I  am  grateful  that  I  have  not  been  called  to 


133 

record  this  part  of  the  Regimental  history  until 
my  deep  mortification  had  been  soothed  by  the 
kindly  hand  of  Time.  For  the  honor  of  the 
Regiment  be  it  said,  that  during  our  previous 
career,  we  had  hardly  a  case  of  desertion,  and 
counting  this  as  such,  the  entire  average  from 
the^  Regiment  was  not  above  that  of  other  Regi 
ments.  This  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  \vhen  it  is 
remembered  that  the  men  were  volunteers — not 
conscripts.  They  were  the  first  troops  raised 
in  their  respective  neighborhoods — men  who 
had  volunteered,  who  had  entered  the  service  of 
their  country  from  high  patriotic  motives,  and 
not  because  the  strong  arm  of  the  government 
prevented  their  remaining  at  home. 

Retreating  through  Winnsboro',  crossing  the 
Catawba  at  Land's  Ford,  we  reached  Charlotte, 
N.  C.,  where  we  had  a  rest  of  ten  days. 

Gen.  Jos.  E.  Johnston  here  took  command  of 
the  army,  and  we  were  delighted  to  have  our 
old  commander  back.  Early  in  March,  1865, 
we  were  moved  to  Smithfield,  N.  C.,  and  then 
loaned  out  to  Bragg  for  the  battle  of  Kingston. 
We  participated  in  that  affair  on  the  8th  and 
9th  of  March,  and  then  returned  to  Smithfield. 
We  met  Sherman  at  Bentonsville.  Our  Brigade 
was  at  first  very  successful,  breaking  through 
the  enemy's  lines,  and  a  force  was  about  sur- 
13 


134 

rendering  to  Col.  Carter,  commanding  the 
Brigade,  when  the  arrival  of  reinforcements 
turned  the  scale  and  we  were  forced  to  retire. 
In  this  movement  Captain  Harllee,  command 
ing  the  Regiment,  Color-Sergeant  A.  A.  Mey 
ers,  about  ten  men  of  our  Regiment,  several 
from  other  commands  and  the  Assistant  Adju 
tant-General  of  the  Brigade,  were  cut  off  in 
rear  of  the  Yankee  line.  They  laid  in  the 
swamp,  Sergeant  Meyers  tearing  the  flag  from 
the  staff  and  putting  it  under  his  coat,  until 
night  when  the  party  worked  around  the 
enemy's  flank  and  reached  our  lines  in  safety. 

After  the  battle  we  retreated  to  Smithfield. 
Here  (April  10,  1865,)  tne  army  was  entirely 
re-organized.  Manigault's  and  Sharpe's  Brig 
ades  were  consolidated,  under  the  command  of 
General  Sharpe,  General  Manigault  having  been 
desperately  wounded  at  Franklin  and  still  unfit 
for  service. 

The  loth  and  iQth  South  Carolina  Regi 
ments  were  consolidated  into  the  South  Caro 
lina  Battalion  Infantry,  Sharpe's  Brigade,  as 
follows  : 

Lieut.-Col. — C.  I.  WALKER,  of  the  loth  South 
Carolina  Regiment. 

Major — J.  O.  FERRELL,  of  the  iQth  South 
Carolina  Regiment* 


135 

Company  A,  composed  of  Companies  A,  C, 
D,  G,  H,  I,  of  the  loth  Regiment. 

Captain — R.  Z.   HARLLEE. 

First  Lieutenant. — R.  H  KIMBALL. 

Second  Lieutenant — V.  SMITH. 

Company  B,  composed  of  Companies  B,  E, 
F,  K,  L,  M,  of  the  loth  Regiment. 

Captain — G.  P.  ANDERSON. 

First  Lieutenant — E.  T.  LEWIS. 

Second  Lieutenant — F.  R.  HASELDEN. 

Most,  of  the  officers  of  the  loth  Regiment 
had  been  killed,  or  were  absent  on  wounded 
furloughs.  Very  few  lost  their  commands 
temporarily  and  were  sent  home  to  recruit. 

Companies  C,  D,  E,  and  F,  of  the  Battalion, 
were  composed  of  the  iQth  South  Carolina 
Regiment.  Their  five  day's  voluntary  furlough 
men  had  been  able  to  get  back  and  conse 
quently  they  had  larger  numbers  than  the  loth 
Regiment. 

The  Battalion  accompanied  the  army  to 
Greensboro' ;  were  camped  near  High  Point, 
when  the  surrender  on  the  loth  April,  closed 
its  career. 

The  following  extract  will  show  the  con 
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The  last  act  of  the  drama  was  the  signature 
of  the  following,  and  with  it  ended  the  career  of 
the  noble  old  Tenth. 

GREBNSBORO,  N.  C.,  May  1st.  1865. 

In  accordance  with  the  terms  or"  a  Military  Convention,  entered  into  on 
the  z6th  April,  1865  between  General  Joseph  E.  Johnston,  Commanding 
Confederate  Army,  and  Major-General  W.  T-  Sherman,  Commanding 
U.  S.  Army  in  North  Carolina,  the  officers  and  men  whose  names  are  borne 
on  this  roll  have  given  their  solemn  obligation  not  to  take  up  arms  against 
the  government  of  the  United  States  until  properly  released  from  this  obliga 
tion,  and  they  are  permitted  to  return  to  their  homes,  not  to  be  disturbed  by 
the  United  States  authorities  so  long  as  they  observe  this  observation  and 
obey  the  laws  in  force  where  they  may  reside. 

(Signed)  C     IRVINE    WALKER, 

Lt.-Col.   Commanding  South  Carolina  Battalion  Infantry }  C.  S    A. 
(Signed)  W.   A.   LORD, 

Bre-vet- Major  and  A.  D.  C.    U.  S.  A      Special  Commissioner. 

After  completing  the  details  of  the  surrender 
we  took  up  the  road  homeward.  At  States- 
ville  the  writer  parted  with  the  gallant  band 
who  had  stood  with  him,  faithful  to  the  great 
cause  to  the  end.  We  cannot  always  see  the 
workings  of  a  mysterious  Providence.  \Ye 
must  bow  to  the  will  of  God  and  feel  that  all  is 
for  the  best.  And  though  we  cannot  see  the 
good  to  us  in  this  terrible  crushing  of  our  no 
blest  hopes  and  aspirations,  yet  there  must  be 
good.  It  was  hard — hard  to  realize  it — 
when  those  eighty  veterans,  the  remnant  of 
nearlv  twelve  hundred,  filed  oft  to  return  to 


138 

their  ruined  homes  and  desecrated  fireside^. 
God  grant  that  the  benefit  to  result  from  this 
mighty  sacrifice,  if  not  coming  to  us  may  fall 
upon  the  children  of  the  men  of  that  grand  old 
corps — the  Tenth  Regiment  South  Carolina 
Volunteers. 


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